12/10/2025 7:34:57 PM ESMA consults on securitisation repository data guidelines By Kartik Iyer Richard Fletcher Pursuant to Article 4(2)(d) of the draft Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2402, securitisation...
12/10/2025 7:24:16 PM Still friends? FCA launches investigation into Amigo Loans By Adam Caines What has happened? The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has started an investigation into Amigo Loans (Amigo), a London Stock Exchange...
12/10/2025 7:22:05 PM ESMA publishes final report on securitisation repository data guidelines By Richard Fletcher Edward Karsten Kartik Iyer In January 2020, we discussed ESMA’s publication of a consultation paper on securitisation data submissions pursuant to Article 4(2)(d)...
12/10/2025 7:19:04 PM "Portability" of leveraged debt facilities – a trend for the future? By Malcolm Hitching Yesterday, the FT published an article highlighting the recent trend for lenders to agree to the inclusion of ‘portability’ language in...
12/10/2025 7:03:34 PM Despite Covid-19 the rush to direct lending continues By Rachel Richardson The FT has reported that Ares have raised an €11bn fund. According to Prequin this will be Europe’s largest fund of its type. In...
12/10/2025 7:02:56 PM The Social Loan Principles: the new kid on the block in sustainable lending By Rachel Richardson Sustainable finance which incorporates the environmental, social and governance criteria into investment decision making processes is...
12/10/2025 6:56:46 PM Securitisation – EBA consults on risk retention and HMT consults on the UK Sec Reg By Edward Karsten Richard Fletcher EBA consults on risk retention The European Banking Authority (EBA) has launched a consultation on draft regulatory technical standards...
12/10/2025 6:55:08 PM European Commission consults on EU securitisation framework By Richard Fletcher Edward Karsten The European Commission has launched a consultation on the EU securitisation framework. The consultation covers the following issues: the...
12/10/2025 6:32:00 PM Private debt roundtable part 1: LIBOR changes and transition By Jamie Macpherson Jamie Macpherson, senior counsel in our finance team, joined a discussion hosted by Aztec Group on the transition from LIBOR and its...
12/10/2025 6:31:23 PM Private debt roundtable part 2: Macro trends and influences By Jamie Macpherson Jamie Macpherson, senior counsel in our finance team, joined a discussion hosted by Aztec Group on the impact of the current economic...
12/10/2025 6:30:31 PM Trending topics from the FFA European Fund Finance Symposium 2022 By Clare Golding Adam Caines The return of the in person Annual European Fund Finance Symposium to London on 28 June 2022 was marked by a sense of optimism for the...
12/10/2025 6:29:55 PM The evolution of fund finance – from the exceptional to the expected By Clare Golding Richard Fletcher From modest beginnings as overdraft facilities to the full spectrum of complex products available today, a panel of experts led by our...
12/10/2025 6:21:18 PM Getting comfortable with letters of comfort By Paul Keddie Jamie Macpherson Maddie Walls As the name suggests, letters of comfort have long been regarded as offering little more than passive "comfort" to their recipients....
12/10/2025 6:09:39 PM Sustainable drafting for sustainability-linked loans? By Rachel Richardson Andrew Perkins Adam Caines Jamie Macpherson +1 more... Show less On 4 May 2023 the Loan Market Association (LMA) published model provisions for those borrowing, lending and arranging...
12/10/2025 6:07:14 PM A lender for every dilemma: FFA 2023 Symposium panel discussion on non-bank lenders By Richard Fletcher Clare Golding At the 7th Annual European Fund Finance Symposium this week, our co-head of fund finance, Richard Fletcher, chaired a panel on non-bank...
12/10/2025 6:01:49 PM Transparency to navigate a new normal: IOSCO reports on proposed good practices in leveraged loans, and emerging risks in private finance By Andrew Perkins Kirstie Hutchinson Jamie Macpherson Katherine Hensby +1 more... Show less On 14 September 2023, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), the internal policy forum for securities...