| 12/31/2008 | BKDDEMHY | Outlook 2008: Fitch, Moody's, S&P forecast tougher access to credit; high-yield default rate to rise
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| 12/31/2008 | BK | Outlook 2008: Issuance to fall as LBO giants wear out welcome, refis unattractive, market works through backlog
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| 12/31/2008 | BK | Outlook 2008: Secondary average loan bid expected to slowly rise
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| 12/31/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,433.8 billion, up $8.8 billion
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| 12/31/2008 | BK | Landmark Bank Deals of 2007
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| 12/23/2008 | BKCVDDEMHYIG | SEC allows temporary exemptions, central counterparty for credit default swaps
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| 12/19/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,592.8 billion, up $3.7 billion
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| 12/18/2008 | BK | DTCC launches new messaging service for syndicated loan market
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| 12/18/2008 | BK | LSTA reconstitutes CLO working group as a result of market conditions
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| 12/12/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,589.4 billion, down $10.2 billion
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| 12/11/2008 | BKCVDDHYSS | BlackRock CEO says market environment likely to get worse in coming months
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| 12/8/2008 | BKHYPVSS | Kirtland Capital Partners considers move into sub debt; Sun Capital M&A focus on reform, add-ons
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| 12/5/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,600.3 billion, up $9.4 billion
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| 12/3/2008 | BK | Markit and S&P create identification system for the loan market
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| 12/3/2008 | BKCVDDEMHYIGMU | SEC approves measures to strengthen oversight of rating agencies
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| 12/1/2008 | BKDDEMHYSS | Bain Corporate Renewal Group study forecasts recession aftershocks to be felt 'well into 2010'
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| 12/1/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,590.3 billion, down $14.0 billion
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| 11/25/2008 | BK | MidCap Financial forms to invest in health care industry
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| 11/24/2008 | BK | Commercial Finance sees 17.1% rise in asset-based commitments in third quarter
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| 11/21/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,607.9 billion, up $9.2 billion
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| 11/21/2008 | BKDD | Morrison Cohen taps Dal Lago, Goldstein, Porretta, Rockoff as partners
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| 11/18/2008 | BKHYSS | Celerant/Economist survey finds no consensus on how credit crunch will change private equity
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| 11/14/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,598.4 billion, down $6.8 billion
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| 11/14/2008 | BKCVEMHYIG | Federal regulator group aims to set up CDS central counterparties before end of year
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| 11/13/2008 | BKCVDDHYSS | Fortress Investments CEO says hedge fund industry redemptions likely to accelerate in 2009
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| 11/10/2008 | BKDDHY | Highland Distressed Opportunities says bank loan market looks attractive in fourth quarter
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| 11/7/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,605.8 billion, down $6.1 billion
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| 11/6/2008 | BKDDHYSS | Blackstone sees opportunities in less-levered private equity transactions
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| 11/3/2008 | BK | Lending standards and terms tighten some more, demand still slowing, October Loan Survey finds
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| 10/31/2008 | BKCVDDEMHYIG | DTCC to provide CDS data from Trade Information Warehouse
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| 10/31/2008 | BKCVDDEMHYIG | ISDA lauds over $25 trillion reduction in CDS notionals
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| 10/31/2008 | BKCVHYIG | Creditex, Markit wrap four successful North American, European portfolio compression cycles
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| 10/31/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,601.7 billion, up $4.8 billion
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| 10/31/2008 | BKCVDDEMHYIG | Banks urge bolstering operating framework of OTC derivatives
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| 10/30/2008 | BKCVDDEMHYIG | IntercontinentalExchange, Clearing will combine to form CDS clearing solution
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| 10/28/2008 | BK | Bayshore Floating Rate Senior Loan Fund to be terminated on market weakness
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| 10/24/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,597.1 billion, up $7.9 billion
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| 10/23/2008 | BK | J.P. Morgan signs on for Depository Trust's Loan/SERV to automate syndicated loan services
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| 10/23/2008 | BK | Financial writer says history gives clues to future after credit crisis
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| 10/23/2008 | BK | Distressed borrowers face challenges finding in buyers, have fewer financing choices
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| 10/23/2008 | BK | Bank loan market turns to new money, changed investor outlooks for cash
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| 10/23/2008 | BK | Defaults could hit record levels by 2010; retail, auto sectors at risk
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| 10/23/2008 | BK | Bank loan market hits lows, sees profound changes, but panelists find silver lining
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| 10/23/2008 | BK | More regulatory oversight expected, especially for CDS, but shape remains unclear, LSTA panel says
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| 10/20/2008 | BKSP | S&P launches leveraged loan index
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| 10/17/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,594.9 billion, up $20.2 billion
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| 10/17/2008 | BKCVHYIG | Creditex, Markit wrap second North American CDS portfolio compression run
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| 10/14/2008 | BKDDHY | Wilmington Trust expands distressed debt, loan, high-yield expertise with new staff
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| 10/14/2008 | BK | Lenders need ability to opt out of base rate loans, LSTA says
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| 10/10/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,576.9 billion, up $21.1 billion
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| 10/10/2008 | BKCVDDEMHYIG | IntercontinentalExchange, Markit, others to establish counterparty clearing for credit default swaps
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| 10/9/2008 | BK | Markit looks to improve loan market efficiency with new identifiers
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| 10/7/2008 | BKCVEMHYIG | CME Group, Citadel to launch integrated credit default swaps trading platform
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| 10/6/2008 | BKPV | LBC hires Allan Allweiss as managing director in Chicago office
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| 10/3/2008 | BK | Markit postpones LCDX series 11 roll
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| 10/3/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,555.0 billion, up $23.8 billion
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| 10/3/2008 | BK | ISDA launches revised European documentation template for credit default swaps
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| 10/2/2008 | BKCVDDEMHYIG | Markit focuses on initiatives to improve infrastructure, transparency and valuations
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| 9/26/2008 | BK | Change in banking landscape not expected to reduce capacity, but pickiness could reduce supply
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| 9/26/2008 | BK | Markit iTraxx LevX indexes to roll on Monday
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| 9/26/2008 | BK | September shows drop in loan prices, LSTA secondary trading study finds
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| 9/26/2008 | BKDDEM | Possible CDS regulation may stamp out liquidity, strategist says
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| 9/26/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,531.2 billion, up $19.2 billion
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| 9/24/2008 | BKHY | Providence taps Thomas Gahan as president of capital markets group
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| 9/18/2008 | BK | Societe Generale names Stephen Swift as deputy global head of leveraged and media and telecom finance
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| 9/17/2008 | BK | Borrowers express uncertainty over Lehman honoring undrawn revolver commitments
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| 9/16/2008 | BK | Markit iTraxx LevX indexes roll postponed
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| 9/16/2008 | BKPV | Houlihan Smith appoints Honan Jr. managing director of New York office
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| 9/15/2008 | BK | Bank of America purchase of Merrill Lynch could increase loan issuance
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| 9/15/2008 | BK | Pricing services outline plan for handling Lehman-provided prices
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| 9/12/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,514.9 billion, down $0.3 billion
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| 9/11/2008 | BKDDHY | American Securities affiliate closes on new $300 million distressed debt fund
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| 9/9/2008 | BK | LSTA publishes exposure drafts of conduct standards and confidential information guidelines
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| 9/8/2008 | BKDD | LSTA publishes new form for distressed trades settling after bankruptcy plan is effective
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| 9/8/2008 | BKHY | Morgan Stanley appoints Dennis Schaney as managing director, head of high yield and senior loans
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| 9/5/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,515.2 billion, up $6.0 billion
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| 9/4/2008 | BKHYSS | Junk, leveraged loan markets still face $100 billion LBO supply legacy even as banks offload risk
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| 9/4/2008 | BKHYSS | LBO backlog expected to dominate high-yield issuance for remainder of 2008
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| 9/4/2008 | BK | LSTA names Bram Smith as interim executive director as Allison Taylor steps down
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| 8/29/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,509.9 billion, down $5.0 billion
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| 8/22/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,515.9 billion, down $2.0 billion
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| 8/20/2008 | BKHY | BofA hires David Flannery as global head of leveraged finance
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| 8/20/2008 | BKHY | European High Yield Association: Leveraged loan activity drops sharply to €35.3 billion
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| 8/15/2008 | BKCVDDHY | Advent Capital launches new, broader investment strategy
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| 8/15/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,518.4 billion, down $1.3 billion
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| 8/15/2008 | BK | Macquarie Capital hires Morgan Edwards as managing director in debt structuring and advisory
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| 8/11/2008 | BK | Lending standards and terms continue to tighten; demand slows down, July Loan Survey finds
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| 8/8/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,516.3 billion, up $5.7 billion
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| 8/8/2008 | BKDDHY | Lazard hires Marcel Herter as managing director and head of debt advisory
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| 8/1/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,509.7 billion, down $2.4 billion
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| 7/28/2008 | BKHY | Rolling bridges: One-year anniversaries of hung LBO bridges yield some answers, more questions
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| 7/25/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,512.4 billion, up $4.4 billion
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| 7/24/2008 | BKDDHY | UBS names new distressed and high-yield hires
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| 7/22/2008 | BKHY | Jones Day hires former Kilpatrick Stockton attorneys as partners in leveraged finance
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| 7/21/2008 | BKHY | Barclays hires former Bear Stearns executive Trace McCreary as head of U.S. infrastructure finance
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| 7/18/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,507.8 billion, up $2.0 billion
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| 7/15/2008 | BKDDHY | Jefferies adds senior high-yield, loan and distressed sales people
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| 7/11/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,500.7 billion, down $9.5 billion
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| 7/8/2008 | BK | LSTA names Coffey as senior vice president for research, communication and membership
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| 7/7/2008 | BKHY | RBC names Wolfe head of U.S. leveraged finance
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| 6/27/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,495.3 billion, up $0.4 billion
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| 6/26/2008 | BKDDHY | Turnaround Management poll respondents expect corporate debt default rates to soar past 10% in 2009
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| 6/23/2008 | BKDDPP | Private equity looks for alternatives in tightening leveraged loan market, PricewaterhouseCoopers says
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| 6/20/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,493.5 billion, up $4.0 billion
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| 6/17/2008 | BKHY | Goldman Sachs ends second quarter with $22 billion of leveraged loan exposure
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| 6/13/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,489.9 billion, down $7.1 billion
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| 6/12/2008 | BKHY | Junk, leveraged loan issuance falls off, but the right kind of deals still getting done, Merrill's Mayer says
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| 6/11/2008 | BKHY | Leveraged loan market improved after rocky early going, S&P's Miller says; new issuance still way down
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| 6/6/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,497.0 billion, up $1.1 billion
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| 5/30/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,496.3 billion, up $1.9 billion
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| 5/28/2008 | BK | Markit removes Altivity Packaging from LCDX Series 8 Index
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| 5/23/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,494.0 billion, up $1.9 billion
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| 5/22/2008 | BKHYIG | BlackRock names new fund portfolio management teams
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| 5/19/2008 | BK | Deutsche Bank forms new administrative agent services group for project financings
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| 5/16/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,491.9 billion, up $1.1 billion
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| 5/9/2008 | BKEMHYSS | Hedge funds see $16.3 billion March inflows, but inflows down 42% year-over-year in first quarter
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| 5/9/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,490.4 billion, down $0.7 billion
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| 5/5/2008 | BK | Lending standards and terms tighten, demand slows down, April Loan Survey finds
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| 5/2/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,485.0 billion, down $5.8 billion
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| 5/2/2008 | BK | ISDA releases update protocol for European LCDS documentation template
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| 4/25/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,491.3 billion, up $11.6 billion
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| 4/23/2008 | BKCVDDEMHYIGMU | Sifma ratings task force to formalize sector-specific research, consider current relevance of past reforms
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| 4/23/2008 | BKHY | Moody's says current speculative-grade debt issuance levels likely to continue through second quarter
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| 4/22/2008 | BKCVDDEMHYIGMU | Sifma creates task force to study current credit rating agency model
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| 4/21/2008 | BKHY | Carlyle Group closes $450 million CLO
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| 4/18/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,479.7 billion, up $4.4 billion
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| 4/16/2008 | BKHY | Cadwalader appoints Stewart Kagan, Geoffrey Levin partners in New York
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| 4/15/2008 | BKCVDDEMHYIG | ISDA sees credit default swaps rise 37% in second half of 2007, 81% for year
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| 4/14/2008 | BK | Lazard hires Michael Grayer as head of debt advisory in London
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| 4/11/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,474.3 billion, down $14.2 billion
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| 4/7/2008 | BK | Markit announces LCDX changes for April 8 roll
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| 4/4/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,488.2 billion, up $8.2 billion
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| 4/1/2008 | BKDDHY | Highland Capital names changes to portfolio management teams
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| 3/28/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,467.5 billion, up $3.3 billion
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| 3/25/2008 | BK | Markit announces additions to LCDX North America
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| 3/25/2008 | BK | OppenheimerFunds names Welsh loan team leader as Zimmer retires
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| 3/24/2008 | BK | Markit announces removals from LCDX North America index
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| 3/24/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,464.5 billion, up $2.0 billion
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| 3/18/2008 | BK | LevX trades more than €2.8 billion during first day of trading
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| 3/18/2008 | BK | Norwest Equity invests $75 million in Pangaea Asset Management
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| 3/14/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,462.4 billion, up $6.7 billion
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| 3/12/2008 | BK | ISDA launches documentation template for European LCDS index
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| 3/10/2008 | BK | GE Commercial Finance names Greco head of European leveraged finance
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| 3/7/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,455.8 billion, up $5.9 billion
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| 2/29/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,450.1 billion, up $4.3 billion
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| 2/22/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,445.8 billion, up $0.3 billion
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| 2/21/2008 | BK | Markit to launch new cross-asset client valuations platform
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| 2/21/2008 | BKDDHY | Fitch survey finds investors concerned about housing market, stability of financial institutions, hedge funds
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| 2/19/2008 | BKDDHY | 'Distressed ratio' method offers market-based default forecasting, says Fridson
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| 2/15/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,445.5 billion, down $7.8 billion
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| 2/15/2008 | BK | LMP names Daniel Slotkin as fund manager
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| 2/11/2008 | BK | LCDX 9 index trade volume exceeds $137 billion in January
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| 2/8/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,453.9 billion, up $5.5 billion
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| 2/7/2008 | BKCVDDEMHYIGMU | S&P takes aim at bolstering ratings process
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| 2/7/2008 | BKDDHYSS | 'Adverse conditions' litigation increases with debt markets meltdown, says corporate lawyer
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| 2/6/2008 | BKDD | LSTA publishes the collateral annex to participation agreement for distressed trades
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| 2/4/2008 | BK | Lending standards and terms tighten; demand slows down, January Loan Survey finds
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| 2/1/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,447.9 billion, down $3.8 billion
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| 1/30/2008 | BK | Xtract Research launches credit agreement service
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| 1/30/2008 | BK | Par loan trading volume declined in late 2007, ClearPar data finds
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| 1/25/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,453.6 billion, up $7.4 billion
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| 1/22/2008 | BKDDHY | Highland Credit Strategies says rights offering oversubscribed
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| 1/18/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,446.3 billion, down $2.2 billion
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| 1/16/2008 | BK | LSTA elects 2008 board of directors; Tom Newberry named chair
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| 1/15/2008 | BKHYIG | RBC Capital Markets appoints Pichler head of U.S. fixed income and currencies
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| 1/14/2008 | BK | LCDX 9 index trade volume is over $36 billion in December
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| 1/14/2008 | BKCVHY | Oppenheimer buys major portion of CIBC World Markets' U.S. capital markets businesses
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| 1/11/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,449.0 billion, up $3.6 billion
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| 1/11/2008 | BKHYSS | Debt commitments grand total: $137 billion, plus C$34 billion
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| 1/11/2008 | BKHYSS | Junk, leveraged loans face $137 billion overhang; banks still hold $70 billion, face $67 billion committed
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| 1/10/2008 | BKHY | Blackstone to acquire GSO Capital Partners for $930 million in cash and units
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| 1/9/2008 | BKDDHYSS | Kohlberg Capital announces acquisition of Scott's Cove
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| 1/4/2008 | BK | Commercial and industrial loans $1,445.8 billion, up $12.4 billion
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| 1/2/2008 | BK | LCDX 9 index trade volume is over $75 billion in November
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