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New valuation rules to 'severely limit' fixed income cross trades
3 years ago
Law firm Practus believes that new SEC rules will limit a fund’s ability to cross-trade fixed income investments after the regulator adopted fund valuation rules in December -
CLOs and leveraged lending do not significantly threaten stability, finds 'congressional watchdog'
3 years ago
CLOs and leveraged lending do not significantly threaten financial stability, according to a report by the US's Government Accountability Office (also known as the congressional watchdog) released yesterday -
Loan market delivers best one-day returns since April due to US election and vaccine
3 years ago
The S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index recorded its best single day returns since April on Monday as investors celebrated in a string of positive developments that sent markets into overdrive -
US election result is 'benign outcome for financial markets', says Nuveen
3 years ago
This week's election in the US is a 'benign outcome for financial markets' even as the final result of the presidential election remains unknown, according to a new report from Nuveen's global investment committee -
Partners triggers frequency switch event on European CLO
3 years ago
Partners Group has made the rare decision to flip the frequency switch on one of its European CLOs -
Dislocation and costly payment debacle highlight loan tech lag
3 years ago
Coronavirus-led dislocation in the leveraged loan market, as well as a bank’s recent claims of human error in making a large loan payment, underscore the industry’s need to embrace long-overdue efficiency improvements -
Ares fined $1 million by SEC over 'misuse of non-public information'
3 years ago
Ares Management has been fined $1 million by the US Securities and Exchange Commission in a settlement surrounding compliance failure relating to a portfolio company -
It's confirmed: loans are not bonds in " victory for the flow of capital to American businesses"
3 years ago
You're a loan. No, nothing to do with lockdown and social distancing. It's actually a victory for the $1.2 trillion US loan market as a court ruling finds that loans are not securities in the long-running Kirschner v. JP Morgan Chase case -
Fed announces first loan subscription date for talf
3 years ago
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York announced yesterday that the first loan subscription date for the term asset-backed securities loan facility will be 17 June and the first loan closing date will be 25 June -
Investors watch Libor amid inter-bank liquidity concerns
4 years ago
After a freefall to 74 basis points on 12 March, CLO managers found some relief in watching Libor rise to 120bp during the second part of the month. -
Managers seeking bond buckets will need high yield track record
4 years ago
US CLOs could soon be permitted to buy corporate bonds amid an overhaul of the Volcker rule, but market sources say that in the short term bond flexibility is a luxury that will only be afforded to a select group of CLO managers. -
Managers face ESG disclosure pressure under ‘ambitious and demanding’ EU regulations
4 years ago
New rules finalised by the European Union will shake up the way managers approach environmental, social and governance investing, sources say. The ambitious initiative is relevant for funds which have a specific ESG mandate — but will also be applicable to firms without an express ESG or sustainability focus. -
Regrettably, a small number of CLO debt investors insist on ‘hardcoded’ Sofr replacement provisions
4 years ago
Sofr looks like the most likely candidate to replace Libor, but it is still risky to write it into CLO documentation -
Anti-CDS tactics enter European bond market as high yield pipeline builds
4 years ago
‘Anti-net short’, or ‘anti-CDS’, provisions are set to enter the European corporate bond market for the first time, as Merlin Entertainments and Kantar wrap up roadshows for deals financing their acquisitions by private equity firms -
Guidelines fail to assuage fears over loose reporting standards
4 years ago
The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute’s new hedge fund reporting guidelines come into play next year, but some say they fall short of a much-needed overhaul. -
New EC fund rules could lead to ‘pre-pre-marketing’
4 years ago
The European Commission has approved a standardised concept of ‘pre-marketing’ in a move that could see more capital flow through the European Economic Area. The new definition of pre-marketing is meant to provide clarity, but some sources say that the amendments could be seen as an additional burden and lead to a concept of pre-pre-marketing. -
US CLO managers see positives as docs include negative notation language to ease move to new reference rate
4 years ago
Europe might be making progress, but US CLO managers are less than preoccupied with the looming transition away from US dollar-Libor based pricing. -
CLO issuance faces threat amid loan definition dispute
4 years ago
The clash over Millennium Laboratories’ bankruptcy could have ramifications for the CLO market, and it all hinges on the philosophical question: what is a loan? -
Cayman Island hopping: EU laws provoke switch in CLO listings
4 years ago
The Cayman Islands Stock Exchange (CSX) is set to become the listing place of choice in 2019 for CLOs put together by US managers — at least, according to a bold prediction by law firm Harneys. -
Three "critical safeguards" required for competitive loan syndication, European Commission says
5 years ago
The European Commission has published its final report on European loan syndication and the impact of competition in credit markets, in which it outlines three "critical safeguards" -
LSTA's Coffey floats five-point plan for Libor replacements
5 years ago
"Unlike Brexit, a benchmark is definitely going to happen", the audience at the IMN European CLO and Leveraged Loan conference heard -
Leveraged loans pose credit risk but not systemic risk, conference told
5 years ago
Regulators and the press need to understand the difference between credit risk and systemic risk, claimed panelists at the IMN European CLOs and Leveraged Loans conference -
Behave yourselves: EBA policy advisor warns against misuse of securitisation rules
5 years ago
The European securitisation market has come a long way over the last decade, and the message from one policy advisor is clear – don’t do anything to mess it up. -
US regulation drives insurance money towards credit ETFs
5 years ago
Institutional investors are increasingly allocating to credit exchange-traded funds (ETFs), but their motivations are changing. These vehicles are famed for their liquidity, but several investors are said to be pouring money into them for the long term amid regulatory changes which have made ETF investments more favourable -
LMA seeks no-deal Brexit safety net for European lending
5 years ago
European regulators have voiced concerns about the potential damage a no-deal Brexit scenario would do to the syndicated loan market and the wider European Union economy
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