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Moving on up: Europe’s CLO market is making a strong comeback

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The first half of 2024 has been a bumper year for European Collateralized Loan Obligations and a mix of market and legislative catalysts could push the second half into record-breaking territory The European Collateralized...more

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In Practice: European Middle Market CLOs Could Rise in 2024 - Despite Some Challenges

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This article describes the current challenges in developing a European MM CLO market, and how asset managers may overcome them. Originally published in Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law -...more

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Update on the Removal of the Cayman Islands from the FATF's List of Jurisdictions Under Increased Monitoring

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Following the conclusion of the most recent plenary of the Financial Action Task Force ("FATF") on 23 June 2023, the FATF has announced that it has made the initial determination that the Cayman Islands has substantively...more

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In Practice: Conflicting signals? Potential impacts of the SEC’s proposed conflicts of interest rule on UK and EU CLO managers

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On 25 January 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a far-reaching rule (Rule 192) to prohibit securitisation transactions involving or resulting in a material conflict of interest between certain...more

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Debt Download - January 2023

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Welcome to Debt Download, Goodwin’s monthly newsletter covering what you need to know in the leveraged finance market. We hope your year is off to a good start!...more

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Debt Download - December 2022

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In the inaugural edition of Debt Download, we covered recent trends in the U.S. debt finance markets. This month, we take a look at what’s happening in the U.K. and Europe....more

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EU Commission Report on the Functioning of the EU Securitisation Regulation – Considerations for the CLO Market

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Key Points - The European Commission (“EU Commission”) has published its report on the functioning of the EU Securitisation Regulation which contains the EU Commission’s assessment of a number of key aspects of the...more

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New Wrinkle for EU/UK Risk Retention Compliant U.S. CLOs

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In addition to the market uncertainty caused earlier this year as a result of the European Commission (the “Commission”) adding the Cayman Islands to its list of jurisdictions that have “strategic deficiencies” in the area of...more

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European CLOs and the unstoppable impact of ESG

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Europe's CLO market and environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) objectives are converging at pace, providing unique opportunities for CLOs to access the vast and rapidly expanding pools of capital earmarked for...more

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Europe Adds Cayman Islands to 'High-Risk' List

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On January 7, 2022, the European Commission adopted a draft regulation adding the Cayman Islands to its list of countries with strategic deficiencies in their AML/KYC regimes. Article 4 of the EU Securitisation Regulation...more

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How Is ESG Regulation Influencing Investor Behaviour?

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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

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The historic opportunity for CLOs under the SFDR: the Great Leap Forward for CLOs and ESG

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Collateralised Loan Obligations (CLOs) may soon be structured as Article 8 funds under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) as part of the historic rotation of global capital towards assets which promote...more

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European leveraged finance: A bifurcated balancing act: Conclusion

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In a market that has seen notable highs and lows since the financial crisis, while remaining ever-vigilant for red flags, a degree of consistency is beginning to take hold in European leveraged finance . The European...more

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European leveraged finance: A bifurcated balancing act: Public-to-private: Private equity on the hunt for new value

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HEADLINES - In 2019, European take-private deals backed by private equity reached €34.5 billion over 31 deals - This is 14 per cent higher than 2018 and more than five times the total deal value seen just five years...more

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European leveraged finance: A bifurcated balancing act: CLOs: New pockets of sustainable growth

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HEADLINES: - European collateralised loan obligation (CLO) new-issue volume reached €30.1 billion in 2019 - This was 11 per cent above the €27.2 billion netted over the previous year - The fourth quarter of 2019 saw...more

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European leveraged finance: A bifurcated balancing act: Leveraged loan issuance: Lenders look beyond buyouts

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HEADLINES - Buyouts and M&A secured a combined €75.4 billion of loan issuance in 2019 - Proceeds used for buyout issuance alone were down by more than 30 per cent to €38.7 billion when compared to the €56.6 billion...more

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FSB Issues Report on Vulnerability in the Leveraged Loan Market

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On Dec. 19, 2019, the Financial Stability Board issued a report titled “Vulnerabilities Associated with Leveraged Loans and Collateralised Loan Obligations”. The Financial Stability Board (FSB) coordinates at the...more

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EU Securitisation Regulation - European Commission Publishes Final Disclosure Templates Expected to Apply from February 2020

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No Good News, but No Bad News Either - On 16 October 2019 the European Commission (EC) adopted a delegated regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 (the Securitisation Regulation) and setting out the final...more

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European Banking Authority Publishes Question and Answer Relating to Originator Risk Retention Holders in Securitisations

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On 13 September 2019, the European Banking Authority (the “EBA”) updated its guidance in respect of the Securitisation Regulation[1] by publishing an answer to a question submitted to it in November 2018 by the Association...more

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A Tale of Two Continents - European CMBS v U.S. CMBS & CRE CLOs

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U.S. CMBS issuance equalled approximately $171 billion during 2018. In the same period, European CMBS issuance equalled approximately €4 billion which, whilst not close to the issuance levels of the U.S. CMBS market,...more

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Ten years on: The surprising resilience of European leveraged finance: Market outlook for the year ahead

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As the leveraged debt market has matured at pace in the past decade, many are hopeful that it will maintain an upward trajectory, at least in the medium term. As noted in the report, times have changed, and 2018 has seen a...more

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Ten years on: The surprising resilience of European leveraged finance: LBOs and CLOs boost the market

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Loans backing LBOs have driven the market in Europe this year, with volumes reaching €56.5 billion, up 37 per cent from €41.3 billion in 2017. By the middle of 2018, total loans in the US breached US$100 billion, up a third...more

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Ten years on: The surprising resilience of European leveraged finance: The market pauses for breath in 2018

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• In Europe, leveraged loan issuance is down 28 per cent year-on-year to €202.5 billion in 2018, but is up on all years between 2014 and 2016 • High yield bond issuance is down 37 per cent year-on-year • Leveraged loans...more

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More Fun With Risk Retention: Europe and Japan Weigh In

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We’re all just back from CREFC and the mood was broadly constructive. (Don’t you love that word, “constructive”? When did “constructive” become a fancy way to say “good”?) We all went to South Beach this year wondering...more

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Securitisation Regulation - Transparency and Article 14 CRR Issues: Where Do We Go From Here?

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On 30 November 2018, the European Banking Authority, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (the “European Supervisory Authorities” or “ESAs”)...more

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