Letter from LSTA, American Bankers Association requests time for implementation of final guidance on leveraged lending *

USA - April 15 2013
On April 11, 2013, the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA) and the American Bankers Association (ABA) issued a joint letter to Office of…

U.S. regulators issue final guidance on leveraged lending *

USA - April 9 2013
On March 22, 2013, U.S. regulators, consisting of the Office of the Controller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve…

Revised OSFI Guideline B-20 - Residential Mortgage Underwriting Practices and Procedures *

Canada - July 30 2012
The final version of the revised Guideline B-20 Residential Mortgage Underwriting Practices and Procedures was published by OSFI on June 21, 2012.

“Amend and extends” emerge as new trend in U.S. loan markets *

USA - July 7 2009
A current and anticipated future lack of refinancing sources for maturing loans, coupled with the recent surge in secondary loan market prices, have lead to a new trend in U.S. loan markets: the so-called “amend and extend” transaction or “A&E.”

Co-authors: Joyce M. Bernasek, William J. Corcoran.