Finance Deals & Syndicated Lending · glossary

Leveraged finance

Lending to companies carrying heavy debt, often owned by private equity. It brings high margins and fees, security over almost everything, and often incurrence covenants only. Chapter 3

Explained in Chapter 3, Facilities and Their Flavours, of Finance Deals & Syndicated Lending.

How it comes up, in Chapter 3
Lenders set the price and the controls of a loan by the borrower's credit. At one end is investment-grade lending, to strong companies that are unlikely to default. At the other end is leveraged finance, which funds private-equity buyouts and other companies carrying heavy debt.
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