Acuity Analytics·Jan 12, 2024Commercial Real Estate Lending Trends in 2024IntroductionA response icon1A response icon1
Acuity Analytics·Jan 4, 2024Business Development Companies — an Alternative Financing SolutionThe private markets have been discussing the concept of a business development company (BDC), and this has recently led to interest in…
Acuity Analytics·Dec 14, 2023Leveraged Lending — to face Headwinds or Tailwinds in 2024?International leveraged finance markets have contracted sharply in the past two years and returned to adopting more conservative practices…
Acuity Analytics·Dec 7, 2023Leveraged Lending Trends — through the Lens of a RecessionIn their efforts to ease inflation, almost all central banks have reached the upper end of their rate-hiking cycles. China, the world’s…
Acuity Analytics·Dec 5, 2023The Good, the Bad and the Worst in Leveraged Lending in High-Inflation EnvironmentThe US Labor Department announced the consumer price index had advanced 3.0% y/y in June 2023. The increase indicated a global trend of…
Acuity Analytics·Nov 8, 2023The Rise and Rise of P2P LendingAn old Chinese adage goes “the color of the cat does not matter as long as it catches mice.” Heavy losses and fines faced by “big cat”…
Acuity Analytics·Nov 7, 2023Brexit: A Blessing in Disguise for PE Direct Lending Funds?In the aftermath of the 2008–09 financial crisis and in the wake of a new regulatory environment, commercial banks worldwide began…
Acuity Analytics·Oct 27, 2023Leveraged Lending — Are risks piling up?Following the subprime crisis of 2008, banks have been under special scrutiny by regulators in both the US and Europe. Leveraged lending…
Acuity Analytics·Oct 26, 2023US Leveraged Lending Market — Time to Sound the Alarm?The US has seen one of its longest expansionary cycles, with the current expansion touching close to 120 months, similar to the expansion…
Acuity Analytics·Oct 20, 2023HVCRE Lending — Time to Act NowDuring 2013 through 2015, the US regulators deemed certain commercial real estate loans to be riskier than other types of commercial loans…
Acuity Analytics·Oct 20, 2023Lending Revolutionized: The advent of Digital LendingSophisticated and simple: Digital lending affords the best of both worlds
Acuity Analytics·Oct 12, 2023Direct Lending — Risks from exposure to Leveraged Loans and Collateralised Loan ObligationsThe US and European leveraged lending (LL) and collateralised loan obligations (CLO) markets have doubled in size over the past decade
Acuity Analytics·Oct 6, 2023Leveraged Lending & CLOs — Asset Managers Reduce Riskier Exposure and Focus on SafetyNon-bank entities have significant exposure to leveraged lending/loans (LL; 57%) and collateralised loan obligation (CLO; 72%) markets
Acuity Analytics·Sep 26, 2023Towards a Greener Lending Future: The Emergence of Sustainability-linked LoansA new lending concept has emerged over the past three years — sustainability-linked loans (SLLs). These aim to facilitate and support…
Acuity Analytics·Sep 26, 2023The role of Lending in the Rise of E-agricultureWith the world moving towards increased digitalisation, the need for e-agriculture is felt more than ever. E-agriculture enriches farmers…
Acuity Analytics·Sep 26, 2023Reimagining Transformation in Lending: How to Achieve Success in a Digitalisation-led WorldCredit teams have a number of matters on their minds today — from supply-chain disruptions, changes in industry and country risk metrics…
Acuity Analytics·Sep 26, 2023Airline Lending Restructuring — The Light at the End of The Tunnel?The airline industry is struggling to remain profitable amid the pandemic. It faces significant pressure due to the unprecedented decline…
Acuity Analytics·Sep 19, 2023The Promising ERA of Quantum Computing in LendingAs the world trudges forward amid the “new normal”, the fourth industrial revolution is beginning to evoke its importance as the vital…
Acuity Analytics·Sep 14, 2023Bridging the MSME Finance Gap Through Innovative LendingThe importance of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in an economy
