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Regulators suggest clampdown on UK loans
5 years ago
The Bank of England recently raised alarms about the state of the UK leveraged loan market, drawing parallels to the growth of the US sub-prime mortgage market -
BDCs turn to CLO financing as effective alternative to bilateral leverage agreements
5 years ago
Business development companies now have the ability to take on an extra turn of leverage, but rating constraints mean they could end up using CLOs instead -
Unitranche deals set to grow with creation of uniformity
5 years ago
European direct lenders have been given a boost with the Loan Market Association establishing a new precedent unitranche intercreditor agreement to govern the relationship between credit funds and banks -
Direct lender endorses PE fund guidelines after bringing in ex-ILPA CEO
5 years ago
Star Mountain Capital has endorsed ILPA’s (Institutional Limited Partners Association) private equity principles in a bid to promote transparency in the private equity fund industry -
UK funds brace themselves against value-for-money ruling
5 years ago
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its final set of fund governance rules that aim to strengthen the duty of authorised fund managers to their investors. -
Not all BDCs will be winners after the borrowing cap is raised
5 years ago
BDCs will soon be able to take on twice as much debt as they were previously permitted, but some BDCs may struggle to take advantage -
Good news for BDCs as congress doubles leverage limits
6 years ago
US lawmakers have granted business development companies (BDCs) the ability to borrow more – a move for which the BDC industry has been pushing for years -
Ireland follows Luxembourg and relaxes loan fund rules
6 years ago
The Central Bank of Ireland is now permitting LQIAIFs to engage in broader credit-focused strategies - which opens the door for direct lenders -
Loan managers pile into BDCs amid possible change to leverage ratios
6 years ago
Golub Capital Partners and TCW are among those to have launched new BDCs as regulators look to revamp leverage limits -
Direct lending managers flock to unregulated fund structures
6 years ago
Direct lending managers are seeing the benefits of using unregulated fund structures -
Direct lenders eye opportunities in Germany’s lower mid market
6 years ago
Direct lending in Germany may be about to flourish, with regulatory changes encouraging fund managers to step into what had been considered an over-banked market -
Euro loan managers breathe easy as ECB adopts US-style lending guidelines
6 years ago
The ECB has, to some extent, relented and provided loan market participants with a greater degree of flexibility after this morning posting the final guidance for leveraged lending in Europe -
ECB's crackdown on leveraged lending clears the way for direct lenders
6 years ago
Regulator's plans to limit debt to ebitda ratios in loan transactions could drive traffic out of the capital markets and towards lending funds -
European regulators move on direct lending
9 years ago
Ireland and Luxembourg make it easier for managers to set up direct lending funds
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