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31 January 2012
A market first secured credit facility for Colfax has revealed that the UK Takeover Panel will require disclosure of flex rates for future leveraged financings
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17 January 2012
New financing arrangements for a UK hospital have successfully been put in place, revealing that the troubled monoline model is still relevant for project finance
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14 November 2011
Liberty Global's $1.2 billion new-money bank and high yield bond financing utilised an accordion facility and a novel SPV structure to launch in tight issuance windows
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08 June 2011
After months of speculation and overblown predictions, cov-lites have finally returned in Europe. But lawyers don't expect a flood of new deals
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25 April 2012
The Loan Market Association’s (LMA) launch of its commercial real estate finance agreement reveals its intention to standardise documentation in more specific debt areas
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11 April 2012
Banks attempting to extend the principles of securitisation to trade finance are facing two key hurdles: The FSA's treatment of synthetics and the transfer of trade finance assets
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13 March 2012
Market participants should not confuse investors taking substantial cov-lite risk on a high yield deal with a fully-fledged return of the risky pre-crisis lending feature, according to Barcap's Jason Meers
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31 January 2012
As the European loan market continues to stall, borrowers are turning to the US market to for LBO financings. But IFLR can reveal large discrepancies between European and NY loan documentation
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07 December 2011
Richard Holden, partner at Neovara, a mezzanine-focussed credit investment manager, explains the firm’s hopes for the new LMA intercreditor agreement
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11 October 2011
The trend towards structural flex provisions in high yield documents is creating headaches for trustees, according to a Clifford Chance partner
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13 September 2011
With the regulatory spotlight fixed on banks and their activities, the shadow banking industry is growing
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01 September 2011
Collateralised loan obligation investors need clarity on the level of involvement of the retention holder before the market can recover, according to those close to the LMA
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30 August 2011
Mandatory changes introduced this week will bring the US tri-party repo market more in line with the European market
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28 July 2011
US Supreme Court’s decision could change the way banks choose swap counterparties. Here's why