EMEA Lending Drops to $894B in 2017
Reuters reported that syndicated lending in Europe, the Middle East and Africa dropped in 2017 to its lowest volume level since 2012.
Reuters reported that syndicated lending in Europe, the Middle East and Africa dropped in 2017 to its lowest volume level since 2012.
Reuters reported despite growth in the U.S. leveraged loan market has decided to Deutsche Bank has decided to reduce its participation.
Reuters reported lenders are starting to push back in an effort to stop the downward spiral of U.S. leveraged loan market pricing.
Reuters reported year-to-date leveraged loan volume is $874.4 billion, and the market is on pace to set new volume records.
Reuters reported that regulatory scrutiny hasn’t slowed banks and alternative lenders from underwriting highly leveraged U.S. loans, with one third of buyout loans in Q1/17 having leverage of more than 7.0 times.
Reuters reported investor demand for leveraged loans is helping alternative lenders lead deals that traditional banks can’t provide.
Lenders reportedly scaled back on underwriting large debt-laden buyouts for low-rated companies in Q4/14, signaling that warnings to regulated banks against highly leveraged transactions are gaining traction.
Bloomberg reported that Fed officials are warning banks that rising levels of high-risk, high-yield loans on their balance sheets may require more capital held against them.
Federal bank regulatory agencies released updated supervisory guidance on leverage lending, which has been increasing since 2009 after declining during the financial crisis.
Fitch Ratings said in a report that signs of a pickup in LBO and M&A transactions, financed in part by leverage loans, may boost fee revenues, but Fitch sees the potential for balance-sheet risk for major U.S. banks in the process.