Finance Deals & Syndicated Lending · glossary
A leveraged loan with no maintenance covenants, so no ratio is tested on fixed dates. It comes from lenders competing for large deals. Sunrise is not cov-lite: it keeps two maintenance tests. Chapter 3
Explained in Chapter 3, Facilities and Their Flavours, of Finance Deals & Syndicated Lending.
In large leveraged deals, competition among lenders has produced cov-lite loans, which have no maintenance covenants at all. So the riskiest borrowers often have the fewest early warnings. That reflects bargaining power, not prudence.Read Chapter 3, Facilities and Their Flavours →
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