Welcome to the latest edition of the Spectrum, covering hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in the U.S. and UK. This edition features the shifting single-family rental landscape, what’s next for EDGAR, and...more
2/22/2024
/ Basel III ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Compliance ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Creditors ,
EDGAR ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Housing Market ,
Interest Rates ,
Investment ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Liquidity ,
Loans ,
Mortgages ,
Qualified Mortgage Rule ,
Real Estate Investments ,
Rental Property ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securitization ,
Structured Finance ,
Syndicated Loans
In the current economic climate, it is important that lenders understand how they can enforce security and debt claims, to help in assessing options in the event of default by their customers, and when structuring new...more
2/5/2024
/ Banking Sector ,
Borrowers ,
Corporate Restructuring ,
Creditors ,
Cross-Border ,
Debt ,
Debt Restructuring ,
Enforcement ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Financial Transactions ,
Foreign Judgments ,
Foreign Subsidiaries ,
Insolvency ,
Jurisdiction ,
Member State ,
Mortgages
Welcome to the latest edition of the Spectrum, covering hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in the U.S. and UK. This edition features smooth sailing through safe harbors, the English Court doing the cross-class...more
8/9/2023
/ Banking Sector ,
Bankruptcy Court ,
Banks ,
Borrowers ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Credit Facilities ,
Debt Restructuring ,
Debtors ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Lenders ,
Loans ,
Mortgages ,
Safe Harbors
Welcome to the latest edition of the Spectrum, covering hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in the U.S. and UK. Guest edited by our London team, this edition focuses on the opportunities that come from stressed...more
7/14/2022
/ Banking Sector ,
Capital Markets ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Income Share Agreements ,
Lenders ,
Loans ,
Succession Planning
The call from investors for lenders and borrowers to embrace environment, social, and governance (ESG) is too loud to ignore. Our Finance and Financial Restructuring & Reorganization Groups explore why a marriage of the NPL...more
Welcome to the latest edition of the Spectrum, covering hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in the U.S. and UK. This edition features analysis of how the market continues to swipe left on LIBOR but isn’t ready...more
2/17/2022
/ Collateralized Loan Obligations ,
Commercial Leases ,
Corporate Finance ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinTech ,
Interest Rates ,
Lenders ,
Libor ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
Secured Overnight Funding Rate (SOFR) ,
Securitization ,
Structured Finance
It took 13 years to print the first $1 trillion of sustainable bonds; it took just one more to double it. Our Finance and Financial Services & Products Groups examine the emerging trend of collateralized loan obligations...more
The ESG bond market is growing by leaps and bounds, buoyed partly by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our Finance Group takes a look at some recent green and sustainability-linked bond offerings in the sub-investment-grade market and...more
Moving on from 2020 and building up for 2021. Read our Structured Finance Spectrum, covering safe harbors & remedies, CLOs & QMs, and passive & ESG investing, among other hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in...more
1/11/2021
/ Bankruptcy Code ,
Debt Collection ,
Debtors ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Fraud ,
Lenders ,
Libor ,
Loans ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Mortgages ,
Safe Harbors
Continuing our series on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) finance, our Finance Group considers the principles that guide green and sustainability-linked bonds and how businesses can take advantage of them....more
Our Finance Group explains why the transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate remains an essential task amid COVID-19 and urges loan market participants not to wait on devising a transition plan. ...more
The third instalment of our Finance Group’s dive into environmental, social, and governance (ESG) finance considers sustainability-linked loans (SLLs), the Sustainability Linked Loan Principles, and why and how your business...more
Building on previous insolvency reforms, the UK’s Corporate Governance and Insolvency Act 2020 has gone into effect. Our Finance Group explain how blending temporary measures to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic with permanent...more
Putting the E in ESG. Continuing our dive into environmental, social, and governance (ESG) finance, our Finance Group considers the what, why, and how of the Green Loan Principles....more
ESG – environmental, social, governance – funds have weathered this current storm better than their competitors. Our London Finance Group investigates whether the strong performance of ESG funds is sustainable over the long...more
Our London Finance Team examine the issues UK and European commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) servicers face when borrowers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic seek to negotiate amendments and waivers to their loan...more
Our London Finance team discuss the two main reforms to the UK insolvency regime and what protections British businesses can expect to receive.
- Restructuring plan and moratorium
- Wrongful trading measures
- Other...more
Our London Finance team highlights some of the potential defaults that may arise under CRE facility agreements and some other issues that may need to be tackled as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic continues to filter...more
New year … new market? Read our Structured Finance Spectrum for the latest on what’s happening in the structured finance markets in the U.S. and UK.
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