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The 9fin content and analytics team wraps up the week's activity, senior covenant analyst Brian Dearing and legal analyst Alice Holian discuss some new tools out on 9fin, as well as a report the legal team published on docs changes, and ESG analyst Daniel Power talk ESG issues surrounding French care home operator Orpea. Editor Chris Haffenden and loans reporter Laura Thompson speak about food inf...

If you're an investment bank, the leveraged buyout market is a dangerous place these days. This week, US editor Will Caiger-Smith brings 9fin's CEO Steven Hunter to the studio to discuss how financing buyouts became such a pain for Wall Street dealmakers — and who stands to benefit.

In this special episode the Cloud9fin team discusses their experience of the Global ABS conference in Barcelona, speaks to delegates and gives you a special look into a panel discussion from the event.

Cloud 9fin goes for the W, as US editor Will Caiger-Smith dials up reporter William Hoffman to talk about Maxar Technologies. The satellite imaging company has been all over the news with its wartime images of Ukraine — has its credit profile caught up with this newfound fame?

The 9fin content and analytics team wraps up the week's activity, head of covenant research Caitlin Carey discusses why not all restricted subsidiaries are created equal and we discuss 9fin's 23 June webinar: "Diving into Sustainability-Linked Deal Terms." Distressed debt reporter Bianca Boorer also takes us through the fight between Novalpina agent BRG and lender Ares Management for Laboratoire X...

Tech is selling off and laying off, retail earnings are down, the Twitter debacle is rumbling on — what does all this mean for leveraged finance? This week, 9fin's US editor Will Caiger-Smith dials up John McClain of Brandywine Global to digest the past two weeks.

The 9fin content and analytics team wraps up the week's activity, head of covenant research Caitlin Carey walks us through the restricted group concept and credit analyst Josh Latham discusses creative KPIs using rhino bonds as an example and analyses possible creative KPIs for Unilever Tea. Senior reporter Owen Sanderson also talks the recent LaLiga financing with loans reporter Kat Hidalgo. 0:00...

9fin's US editor Will Caiger-Smith chats with Frank Ossino of Newfleet Asset Management about recent market volatility, the impact of monetary policy on leveraged loans, and how the rising cost of issuance could affect struggling borrowers.

The 9fin content and analytics team wraps up the week's activity, legal analyst Alice Holian tells us about her experience at the Frankfurt Seminar for High Yield and Leveraged Finance in Europe, ESG analyst Jack David discusses recent trends in green bond issuance and discusses the ESG credentials of Miller Homes and Biofarma. Loans reporter Laura Thompson and senior reporter Owen Sanderson discu...

In case you haven't heard, Elon Musk is buying Twitter. So for this week's episode, our US editor Will Caiger-Smith quizzes Steven Hunter, 9fin's CEO, on the deal's structure, how it might come to market, and what Twitter might look like as a credit.

The 9fin content and analytics team wraps up the week's activity, legal analyst Alice Holian discusses how the asset sales covenant can expand RP capacity, credit analyst Alex Manolopoulos discusses Prisa's ESG-linked loans and gives some insight into carbon credit quality, and editor Chris Haffenden gives us an update on the ongoing distressed situation for Schur Flexibles.  0:00 - Intro 0:51 - L...

This week, Kat Hidalgo quizzes 9fin editors Will Caiger-Smith and Chris Haffenden on market trends across the Atlantic. They discuss the uptick in issuance as markets recover from the war in Ukraine, the attractiveness of loans versus bonds, sectors that are feeling the impact of inflation, and the potential for distress in first quarter earnings.

Legal analyst Alice Holian and senior covenant analyst Brian Dearing discuss portability in loans and raise some red flags, ESG analyst Sam Stevens discusses the proposal for climate disclosures by the SEC, and loans reporter Michal Skypala and senior reporter Owen Sanderson talk about the nature of this week's market reopening. 0:00 - Intro 0:50 - Levfin Wrap 2:14 - Covenant close-up: Loans porta...

US editor Will Caiger-Smith catches up with Todd Koretzky, a partner at Allen & Overy, to discuss shifting narratives around private credit. From the growth of big-ticket deals to the convergence of terms between syndicated and private debt, how should market participants think about the seemingly unstoppable rise of non-bank financing in leveraged credit?

Legal analyst Alice Holian and senior covenant analyst Brian Dearing discuss how the available amounts concept can be interpreted, ESG analyst Jack David discusses the clean energy transition, and loans reporter Laura Thompson tells us about the current state of the aviation sector.  0:00 - Intro 00:48 - Covenant close-up: Available amount interpretations 9:52 - Please raise responsibly: Clean ene...

US editor Will Caiger-Smith sits down with Melanie Hanlon, head of credit research at Napier Park Global Capital, to discuss changing dynamics in the primary and secondary loan market, second and third-order impacts of the war in Ukraine, and the evolution of ESG in credit.

The 9fin content and analytics team wrap up the week's HY and leveraged loans (non-existent) deals, head of covenant research Caitlin Carey and senior covenant analyst Brian Dearing discuss Ontex's change of control provision, ESG analyst Sam Stevens discusses ESG red flags present in Russian society prior to the current sanctions and editor Chris Haffenden and senior reporter Owen Sanderson give...

As Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, US editor Will Caiger-Smith sits down with 9fin CEO and co-founder Steven Hunter to evaluate the conflict's impact on leveraged credit.

The 9fin content and analytics team wrap up the week's HY and leveraged loans deals, head of covenant research Caitlin Carey discusses voting caps, ESG analyst Sam Stevens discusses care home credits in light of the Orpea controversy and editor Chris Haffenden and loans reported Michal Skýpala give us the latest on Schur Flexibles, after the company's shock announcement to lenders. 0:00 - Intro 00...

In this episode, US editor Will Caiger-Smith talks to Dave Preston of AGL about the expanding CLO investor base, leveraged loan underwriting standards, and ESG.

The 9fin content and analytics team wrap up the week's HY and leveraged loans deals, head of covenant research Caitlin Carey discusses "no worse" ratio tests, credit analysts Josh Latham and Alex Manolopoulos talk the good, the bad and the ugly of ESG margin ratchets and coupon step-downs and editor Chris Haffenden gives us the latest on Saipem. 0:00 - Intro 00:53 - Levfin wrap 01:31 - Covenant cl...

A new series of guests interviews recorded at 9fin’s New York headquarters by US editor Will Caiger-Smith. In this debut episode, we discuss equity volatility, the rush to floating rate assets, and the recent Bausch Health refi.

The 9fin content and analytics team wrap up the week's HY and leveraged loans deals, head of covenant research Caitlin Carey discusses liens covenants touching on permitted liens vs permitted collateral liens and ESG analyst Jack David gives us an update on sustainability-linked bonds and loans for this January. For his Cloud 9fin debut US editor Will Caiger-Smith gives us a look into his market a...

In this special episode the 9fin content and analytics team looks back on a blockbuster year and ahead to slightly more troubled waters. Credit analyst Ben Hoskin and loans reporter Katharine Hidalgo look at bonds and loans, editor Chris Haffenden takes us through the restructuring and distressed debt spaces, senior reporter Owen Sanderson looks at CLOs and ESG analyst Jack David reviews the ESG f...

CEO Steven Hunter and loans reporter Michal Skýpala face off against editor Chris Haffenden and senior reporter Owen Sanderson in our first annual leveraged finance Christmas quiz. The teams will answer questions on loans, bonds and ESG in a quiz that includes some impossible questions, some useless questions and maybe one or two interesting ones!