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2025 updates to the Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles On 26 March 2025, following their latest review, the loan market trade associations published updated versions of the Green, Social and Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles (together, the Loan Principles) and related guidance[1]. The changes are mostly...
2025 updates to the Green and Social Loan Principles On 26 March 2025, following their latest review, the loan market trade associations published updated versions of the Green, Social and Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles (together, the Loan Principles) and related guidance[1]. The changes are mostly...
Event-driven creditor activism - A corporate perspective Introduction Interventions from activist debt investors - normally hedge funds - are familiar in crisis and insolvency scenarios. A flurry of recent news stories and claims have highlighted that companies can attract the attention of activist funds as a...
Loan Market Association launches draft provisions for green loans In May 2023, the Loan Market Association (LMA) published draft provisions for sustainability-linked loans (SLLs). Over a year on and the LMA has now turned its attention to drafting for use of proceeds loans, with green loans first on the agenda. In May...
Financing in 2026 Debt markets were resilient in 2025. Strong issuer fundamentals met with a more accommodating economic backdrop to drive higher volumes and tighter spreads across almost all areas of financing.
ISDA Notices Hub: Pre-adherence to the protocol and upcoming launch of the hub This briefing provides an update in relation to the ISDA Notices Hub which we covered previously in ISDA’s Notices Hub: A solution for delivery of critical notices – a buy-side perspective. ISDA began a pre-adherence process for the ISDA Notices Hub on 12...
Public offers and admissions to trading regime: new rules come into force - highlights for Equity Capital Markets On 19 January 2026 the UK’s new public offers and admissions to trading regime comes into force. Together with updates to the listing regime made in July 2024, the changes represent a crucial modernising step in the ongoing revitalisation of UK capital...
The EU Green Bond Standard: a welcome leap forward for sustainable finance? Following a lengthy period of negotiation between the co-legislators, the long-awaited EU green bond standard (the “EU GBS”) has been approved by the European Parliament and is set to be published shortly. First put forward as part of the European green...
FCA seeks early engagement in UK Prospectus Regime reforms – highlights for Debt Capital Markets On 18 May 2023, the FCA published a series of engagement papers on various topics related to the new regime for public offers and admissions to trading. The papers take forward a key part of the  Government’s policy approach to reform of the UK...
(L)IBOR Transition: Headlines and deadlines The LIBOR transition process is in its final stages, with the final five USD LIBOR settings due to cease publication on 30 June 2023. Our latest briefing provides a reminder of the approach to LIBOR transition in loans, bonds and derivatives, and...