On September 19, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee held a hearing to discuss the risks of increased leverage in the loan market and the potential impact leveraged loans and collateralized...more
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
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