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Lead Left Interview - Adrian Docherty

This week we chat with Adrian Docherty, who heads up BNP Paribas’ Bank Advisory team. His team helps banks who are customers and counterparties of BNP Paribas to improve their management of risk, capital, funding, liquidity and profitability. He is also the author of Better Banking: Understanding and Addressing the Failures in Risk Management, Governance…

The Pulse of Private Equity - 1/11/2016

Long proclaimed as one of the U.S. sectors most ripe for private equity investment, given its growth prospects as well as its relatively fragmented nature, healthcare services saw a decade high of 203 completed buyouts in 2015. Total deal value also surged after staying relatively flat for three years,… Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member?

Markit Recap – 1/4/2016

Back in August 2014 I wrote a note that highlighted how the restructuring of Banco Espirito Santo (BES) exposed flaws in the 2003 ISDA CDS definitions, flaws that should be remedied by the new definitions introduced later that year. It was a far from perfect situation but a CDS succession event followed and that was…

Chart of the Week - Off Year

Loan issuance of just under $30 billion for middle market leveraged transactions was at its lowest point since 2010. Annual Middle Market Institutional Loan Volume Source: Thomson Reuters LPC

Lead Left Interview - Neil Cummings, G. Thomas Stromberg and Richard Levin (Part 2)

This week we continue our conversation with Neil Cummings, G. Thomas Stromberg and Richard Levin, partners at Jenner Block, an international firm with offices in Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York, and Washington D.C. The Lead Left: Can last out lenders acquire first out debt? Neil Cummings: Yes. Typically, last out lenders can purchase first…