Lauren Parr
Big-bank issues should meet investor demand later this year, reports Lauren Parr To anyone outside the investment banks, or their close advisers, the European commercial mortgage-backed securitisation market may appear to have stalled – again. Last year it had looked like recovering, with more than €8bn of transactions, aligning it with 2003 issuance levels. Banks […]
Senior debt revival has not dented niche mezzanine providers’ business, reports Lauren Parr Mezzanine deals tend to be arranged quietly, so a lack of publicity doesn’t mean they aren’t taking place. Borrowers as well as specialist mezzanine lenders say a perception that the European mezzanine lending market is floundering since the revitalisation of senior lending […]
Little domestic competition and lots of distress make Italy lenders’ next target, reports Lauren Parr