The July 2022 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices addressed changes in the standards and terms on, and demand for, bank loans to businesses and households over the past three months, which generally correspond to the second...
                            
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                            August 08, 2022, 07:48 AM
                         
                     
                    
                    
                     
                    
                 
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                            Diminishing structural differences between high-yield bonds and leveraged loans will have negative consequences for investors in the next market downturn, Moody's Investors Service says in a new report. As demand for new loan issuance continues to...
                            
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                            August 20, 2018, 08:02 AM
                         
                     
                    
                    
                     
                    
                 
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                            With three-quarters of all new loans considered "covenant-lite," lenders are now eyeing deals that include too many additional protections with suspicion, according to a report from Bloomberg. The report notes that lenders are favoring lenient terms...
                            
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                            September 25, 2017, 07:42 AM
                         
                     
                    
                    
                     
                    
                 
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                            From the fourth quarter Phoenix Management "Lending Climate in America" Survey, results shows a positive outlook on the U.S. economy in both the near and long term. Lenders confidence on how they expect the U.S. economy to perform beyond the next 6...
                            
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                            December 19, 2016, 08:00 AM
                         
                     
                    
                    
                     
                    
                 
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                            According to a recent poll by KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm, middle-market executives anticipate a shift from opportunistic deals to corporate M&A, which will be driving activity in the 2014 credit markets.
"Over the last few years...
                            
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                            February 26, 2014, 07:48 AM
                         
                     
                    
                    
                     
                    
                 
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                            The second quarter Phoenix Management “Lending Climate in America” Survey, results show more lenders anticipate spreads to decrease.Fifty-eight percent of respondents (versus sixty-five percent in the previous quarter) anticipate maintaining lending...
                            
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                            June 27, 2013, 08:08 AM
                         
                     
                    
                    
                     
                    
                 
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