The LSTA congratulates our own Bridget Marsh on receiving the distinguished 2025 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Awards. Ceremony was held at the ABA Annual Meeting ~ Toronto, ON on August 10, 2025. Click HERE for Bridget's video tribute....
The LSTA is delighted to announce that the 2025 edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Lending & Secured Finance.
On Monday, March 31st, the LSTA submitted a letter to the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) advocating for expanded access to private corporate credit for defined contribution plans.
The green loan market supports environmentally sustainable economic activity. To promote the integrity and growth of this product, the Green Loan Principles (GLP) were developed by a working group of leading financial institutions active in the global syndicated loan markets.
The Green Loan Principles (GLP), first published in 2018, provide a framework for this growing area of finance. To support their development and ensure integrity, the APLMA, LMA, and LSTA issued Guidance on the GLP, offering market practitioners clarity on application and promoting a harmonized approach.
Sustainability-linked loans aim to facilitate and support environmentally and socially sustainable economic activity and growth.
The SLP aim to create a high-level framework of market standards and guidelines, providing a consistent methodology for use across the social loan market, whilst allowing the loan product to retain its flexibility and preserving the integrity of the social loan market while it develops.
The Social Loan Principles (SLP) were originally published in 2021 and provide a framework for what is recognized as an increasingly important area of finance.
Find the final version of the joint trades letter regarding the SEC’s Conflicts of Interest in Securitizations Rule (Rule 192) that went to the SEC on Monday, March 17, 2025....
Hot on the heels of a record year for issuance, hopes are high among CLO market participants in 2025. Leveraged loans are trading at their highest levels since 2021, according to the Morningstar LSTA Leveraged Loan Index, but some in the market are expressing concerns around mounting tail risk in CLO portfolios that could impair...
A  letter from our new CEO and Executive Director, Sean Griffin. He comments on the surprising similarities between the Olympics and the LSTA, and reiterates our growing focus on private credit, technology and operations.
1Q24 loan trading volume surged 25% to a four-quarter high $205 billion, according to the LSTA’s Secondary Trade Data Study.

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