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Special Report: Covenantive Easing
In May 2019 The Lead Left published a series of articles on covenant trends. This report consolidates those articles. Doc Appointment Term Erosion Digging into the Doc Issuer-favorable Add-backs [wpdm_package…
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Much attention was paid over the past few weeks to a dramatic series highlighting the struggle between two powerful forces, a dizzying game for world domination, with the outcome hanging…
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Growing competitiveness in the buyout market is resulting in a variety of pressure points being applied by private equity sponsors to the lenders who finance their deals. Lines are blurring…
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As we continue our special series on covenants, we’ve noted how lenders and sponsors are pushing envelopes to deal with an increasingly competitive landscape. This includes areas of the credit…
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Our special series on envelope-pushing in the world of loan covenants continues with a look at “limited condition transaction” provisions. These provisions allow the borrower to decide, at its option,…
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…in the final numbers. It’s evident a common theme amid today’s covenantive easing is that transactional flexibility is key for borrowers. These provisions reflect that sponsors are often successful in…
Read MoreSmooth Sailing
…lenders have become increasingly focused and concerned is weak structures. As we highlighted in our special series on “covenantive easing,” with stretchier baskets and looser ebitda definitions, you may end…
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Defaults for the overall leveraged loan market are at lowest point since 2023. Source: The Daily Shot, PitchBook/LCD, Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan Index…
Read MoreLeveraged Loan Insight & Analysis – 11/3/2014
10.5 percent of domestic banks reported easing terms in the last three months to larger firms, roughly on par both with the July survey and the survey at this time…
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