Rethinking Syndicated Lending: The European Loan Market 2015

By Nachum Kaplan, Editor-in-Chief, IFR Asia

In just five years the European syndicated loan market has grown threefold, with a staggering US$1.5 trillion worth of loans booked in the EMEA region in 2006.

It is ironic that what was once perhaps among the sleepiest of capital markets - European syndicated loans - should now be at the forefront of one of the most dramatic capital market changes in history.

Rethinking Syndicated Lending: The European Loan Market 2015 is a definitive analysis of this fast-evolving and complex market, addressing all its key elements:

  • Flaws at the heart of relationship lending
  • Challenges in relationship modelling
  • Impact of the single European currency
  • Strategies in the search for yield
  • Rise of leveraged finance
  • Emergence of structured lending
  • Innovation in subordinated debt instruments
  • New risk management strategies
  • Profiting from a downward credit cycle
  • Proliferation of new players in the market
  • Evolution of M&A financing.

Exclusive Interviews
IFR Asia's Editor-in-Chief, Nachum Kaplan, supplemented his own expertise and market knowledge with views from the world’s leading lending executives in lending from leading banks: Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Kleinwort, JPMorgan, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Morgan Stanley, Royal Bank of Scotland and SG CIB.

Extensive Data
More than 60 invaluable charts and tables are integrated in the report, providing a wealth of exclusive year-on-year data from the past six years, such as

  • league tables on refinancing and structured loans
  • loan markets by country and type in Europe
  • the US and emerging markets.

No senior executive in lending, borrowing or investing can afford to be without this invaluable report.

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