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13 Jun 2022|Moody's Investors Service
Current vintage EBITDA definitions strain justification - with aggressive terms being adopted widely, and novel add-backs further testing the market.
Sector In-Depth
14 Jun 2022|Moody's Investors Service
Green bonds are often issued by private-equity-backed companies that tend to use recent drafting techniques that are aggressive and incorporate weaker covenant protection.
Sector In-Depth
17 May 2022|Moody's Investors Service
The average covenant quality score for full-package EM bonds issued during the six months to 31 March 2022 improved to 3.24 (moderate ↓) from 3.50 (weak ↑) for the previous six months.
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03 May 2022|Moody's Investors Service
The one Asian high-yield bond to price in the first quarter of 2022 was 1.67 (strong).
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26 Apr 2022|Moody's Investors Service
The first quarter's average covenant quality score is the second worst on record and in striking distance of the record worst, achieved in the third quarter of 2021.
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16 Feb 2022|Moody's Investors Service
The average covenant quality score for Asian high-yield bonds in the fourth quarter of 2021 was 3.34 (moderate ↓).
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15 Mar 2022|Moody's Investors Service
By transferring the value of carve-outs from one covenant to another, borrowers are expanding their ability to use almost all of their negotiated dividend capacity to incur debt.
16 Dec 2021|Moody's Investors Service
While not monolithic, we believe that private equity’s negotiating strength in the current environment has set new precedents regarding structures and covenant protections
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Loan Covenant Quality Assessments
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