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IOSCO’s Food for Thought for Leveraged Loans and CLOs

June 24, 2024

Earlier this month, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (“IOSCO”) published its Final Report on “Leveraged Loans and CLOs Good Practices for Consideration,” concluding several…

Morningstar LSTA Leveraged Loan Index Analysis (Feb 2024)

March 5, 2024

US leveraged loans advanced in February after a relatively muted start to the year.

Assessing Whether Leveraged Loans and CLOs Pose a Systemic Risk

December 19, 2023

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In this whitepaper, the LSTA reviews the official sector’s definitions of systemic risk, characteristics of systemic risk and transmission channels for systemic risk. We analyze…

IOSCO Consultation and CLOs: “Where’s the Beef?”

November 22, 2023

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has launched a consultation report Leveraged Loans and CLOs Good Practices for Consideration. Last week we looked at the…

LIBOR Transition and Leveraged Loans: What 1Q22 Has Taught Us

April 20, 2022

Last week, LSTA’s Meredith Coffey and Tess Virmani hosted LevFin Insights’ Kerry Kantin and Covenant Review’s Ian Walker in a discussion about what three months…

Leveraged Loans Continue Path Toward Becoming IOUs

December 22, 2021

By Elliot Ganz. For years, sponsors have tried (most often, successfully) to chip away at lender protections in credit agreements.

Leveraged Loans Continue Path Toward Becoming IOUs

December 22, 2021

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In this article, we discuss certain new terms and mechanics being seen in sponsored, private credit agreements reviewed by Reorg Covenants Prime and briefly review…

The Purdue Pharma District Court Decision and What May Mean for the Loan Market

December 21, 2021

By Elliot Ganz. Last week, Judge Colleen McMahon of the Southern District of New York, in a remarkable 146 page opinion, overturned the confirmation of…

Credit Metrics: Better & More Aggressive

June 17, 2021

By Meredith Coffey. It’s the old good news/bad news story. On the good news side, the credit outlook for leveraged loans has improved dramatically as…

Latest SNC Report: Risks from Leveraged Loans Remain Elevated

February 6, 2020

The Shared National Credit Program report released last week found that banks’ credit risk exposure to leveraged loans remains elevated.

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