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Western and Southern Europe CEE MEA Technology & computer related 23 Jun 2025

Powering growth in EMEA’s data center landscape

The EMEA data center market has continued to be buoyant in 2025. However, navigating regulatory nuances and utility bottlenecks remains crucial to unlocking the sector’s huge growth potential

Private credit 18 Jun 2025

Private credit leans on PIK flexibility in competitive market

In the face of intensifying competition from the broadly syndicated loan market, private credit lenders are leveraging their ability to provide payment-in-kind flexibility to secure deals

Private credit NAV finance 16 Jun 2025

Margin loans come to private markets

At a time when sponsors are holding onto assets longer than expected, margin loans in private markets are providing a valuable channel of liquidity

Private credit 04 Jun 2025

Delayed-draw facilities: A key differentiator in a competitive market

Delayed-draw facilities have been a key feature of private credit lending terms, but as competition between private credit and broadly syndicated loans intensifies, broadly syndicated loans have started to incorporate delayed-draw flexibility

Global High yield bonds North America Western and Southern Europe Asia-Pacific (excl. Japan) 02 Jun 2025

Economic volatility tempers high yield issuance

US and European high yield bond markets cooled during the first quarter of 2025 as macroeconomic uncertainty and a dearth of M&A financing opportunities put the brakes on issuance

Infrastructure NAV finance 12 May 2025

Net asset value finance gains ground with infrastructure managers

The increase in the use of fund finance by private equity is carrying over into the infrastructure fund space, with managers using net asset value and back-leverage facilities to unlock liquidity for investors and portfolio assets

High yield bonds Global North America Western and Southern Europe Asia-Pacific (excl. Japan) 10 Mar 2025

High yield market bounces back, but maturity wall looms

While issuance of high yield bonds strengthened across all key global jurisdictions in 2024, the US and Europe still face mounting maturity walls

High yield bonds Leveraged loans Western and Southern Europe M&A (excl. buyouts) 26 Feb 2025

European leveraged finance reignited

After a period of volatility, Europe’s leveraged finance market is primed for resurgence, with new and exciting opportunities available to lenders and borrowers alike

MEA Private credit 25 Feb 2025

Private credit builds momentum in the Middle East

Private credit is still nascent in the Middle East but, as economies in the region diversify, more local borrowers and investors are turning to the asset class

Private credit 13 Feb 2025

Breaking new ground on the next phase of private credit

Private credit has secured its position as the main provider of debt capital to the mid-market, established its large-cap credentials and is now entering the next phase of its development

Latin America and Caribbean Structured finance 15 Jan 2025

Latin America structured finance: A flexible option in uncertain times

Lenders and borrowers in Latin America are sustaining transaction activity in a persistently challenging market with innovative structured finance and securitization deals

Asia-Pacific (excl. Japan) Technology & computer related Infrastructure 13 Jan 2025

Digital infrastructure opens new horizons for Indonesia

Commodities will always be a key pillar of Indonesia’s economy, but as capital pours in to expand its technology infrastructure, the country is providing investors with increasingly diverse opportunities