Global Capital Markets Update with Kroll
Healthcare Headlines: Episode 8 – Healthcare Lending Deal Landscape Trends and Forecasts for the Future
High yield bond issuance in the US and Europe improved in 2023, but came in significantly below long-term annual averages, while markets in the Asia-Pacific (“APAC”) (excl. Japan) region remained stymied, primarily due to...more
US borrowers have turned to convertible bonds in recent months as mainstream debt and equity markets have stumbled in the face of inflationary and interest rate headwinds. Combined leveraged loan and high yield bond deal...more
HEADLINES - • Buyout deal value in Western Europe hit an all-time record high by the end of 2021, more than doubling year-on-year • Private equity (PE) activity supported an 81% uplift in buyout loan issuance...more
A strong market for refinancing and low interest rates have enabled most borrowers in Europe and the US to avoid bankruptcy and restructuring procedures - So far this year, fewer European and American businesses have...more
The European debt and equity markets shrugged off the impact of a nearly total shutdown due to COVID-19 at the end of the first quarter of 2020 to rebound with strong performances in the second half of the year. As activity...more
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the hospitality industry has been especially severe, the face-to-face nature of commercial activity in the space making it especially susceptible to social distancing and lockdown...more
Chinese real estate lenders lift APAC high yield bond issuance after an active Q3 - Leveraged finance in APAC (excl. Japan) showed signs of recovery in Q3 2020. The high yield market drove the rebound, which was tempered...more
High yield and leveraged loan issuance in North America and Western and Southern Europe for the technology industry reached an 18-month high in Q1 2020. The sector raised US$52.2 billion, an increase of almost 75% over Q4...more
Even though COVID-19 has taken a toll on consumer spending and supply chains, the food and beverage industry has shown resilience and continues to tap credit markets - High yield bond and leveraged loan issuance for...more
On Nov. 15, 2019, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (the “Board”) released its semiannual Financial Stability Report. The report presents the Board’s current assessment of the resilience of the U.S. financial...more
European Leveraged Finance Client Alert Series: Issue 6 July, 2019 - Sub-investment grade rated property companies in the German market are increasingly supplementing conventional real-estate senior secured bank financing...more