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9fin’s latest webinar in partnership with DealCatalyst, looks into the best opportunities that reside within the CLO capital stack as liabilty spreads reach historic tights. Join our 9fin host Tanvi Gupta and this powerhouse panel — Connor Byrnes at PGIM Fixed Income, Serhan Secmen at Napier Park, Chris Saltaformaggio at New York Life Investments, and Allan Fan at UBS as they explore: 📌 Relative value in the CLO cap stack 📌 Manager tiering 📌 CLO equity vs double-Bs 📌 Primary vs secondary markets 📌 Risk management (LMEs, loan repricings and more) 📅 Wednesday, 26 March | ⏰ 4pm GMT / 12pm EDT Sign up here — https://lnkd.in/eHx4R7h9

"Private debt, in the form of direct lending and private credit CLOs, is definitely on the rise in the US, especially as banks take a step back from the loan market." In our latest Cloud 9fin episode, John Smullen of FIS shares how global data trends are shaping strategies in the leveraged finance world as private credit CLOs and direct lending continue to gain ground. Don’t miss the insights that are keeping investors ahead of the curve. Check out all our episodes of Cloud 9fin here: https://lnkd.in/e2duNacm

What’s better than one CLO database upgrade? THREE upgrades, helping 9fin Structured Credit subscribers make informed decisions faster ⚡ Our powerful CLO database helps to quickly identify comparable deals and new business opportunities. Instantly click through to get full holdings data, instrument details, pricings, company newsflow, and more. Our database now includes: An in-market CLO pipeline, helping you gain a unique insight into market trends before they happen 🔮 CLO trustee report data, unlocking a wealth of information on CLO collateral and performance 💰 Over 10,000 new data points added, so you can zoom in on the specifics to compare CLOs and tranches, like-for-like 🔍 Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/ek4xeVrN

Big news from 9fin: we’ve just launched our latest version of 9fin AI, and it’s a game-changer for credit analysts. AI gets a lot of hype, but at 9fin, we’re putting it to work in ways that matter. Our latest release now integrates SEC documents, meaning you can ask any credit-related question and get answers in seconds — pulled from a rich mix of sources like transcripts, offering memorandums, and 9fin’s proprietary content. As an analyst, I’ve seen it transform my workflow first-hand. Tasks that once took hours now take minutes. Want to see how it can help credit and legal analysts like you? Check out my blog post below. And a huge shoutout to Hannes K. and our engineering team for the work they do behind the scenes on our best-in-class AI integration. https://lnkd.in/eyNVNrT5

We’re proud to see our senior distressed reporter, Bianca Francesca Boorer, representing 9fin at the Warwick Women in Economics' International Women’s Day conference! 🎉 Bianca joined an incredible panel with Claudia A. R. De Meulemeester from the Financial Times and Zahra Manji from ITV News to share insights on financial journalism and covering the complex world of distressed debt. 👏✨ It was great to see Bianca sharing her expertise and helping to guide future financial journalists! 💪 Some snippets from the Q&A: How is artificial intelligence shaping the future of financial journalism? We integrate AI on 9fin's platform and it’s a very useful tool for financial journalism. I don’t think, however, that it will replace journalists as AI will not be able to obtain proprietary information from sources. However, AI has it’s use cases in ordering and searching through large data sets, which supports us in our day-to-day jobs. In an age of misinformation, how can financial journalists maintain public trust?That’s a good question. Unfortunately, there is a lot of fake news out there, but facts are facts. However, data needs to be used in the right way — correlation doesn’t equal causation. So we need to be careful about representing data fairly and accurately. Ultimately, the more you report on things accurately the more the market trusts your information is credible.

Check out how our AI feature is helping finance professionals spend less time on research and more time on the work that matters in our latest blog ⚡ https://lnkd.in/eBZF7NgJ 9fin AI is now faster and more powerful than ever, tapping into our universe of content to get you an answer in lightning speed. This includes sifting through: 📌 SEC filings 📌 Transcripts 📌 Offering memorandums 📌 Proprietary news and analysis Whether it’s info on springing covenants, a revolving credit facility, or whether a deal has a J.Crew blocker, 9fin AI’s got you covered. Our AI tool can even summarise calls to provide a summary on the tone and overview, as Josh Latham, our European credit team lead, demonstrates in this short video ⤵️

Attending SuperReturn's Private Credit Europe in London this week? Our editorial team, represented by Jemima Denham, Elena Dragulele, Owen Sanderson and Fin Strathern will be there, ready to dive into the hottest topics in private credit. From macroeconomic trends and fundraising to direct lending, asset-backed finance, secondaries and more, we’re eager to connect and discuss it all. If you’re attending, be sure to say hi! 👋🏼

Have a great weekend everyone, and before you dip that chip, ruminate on this from the one and only Max Frumes at 9fin

Europe tends to follow the US in terms of paths and trends. In the distressed market the catch-up has been on aggressive tactics for restructuring deals, with LMEs and co-ops making themselves increasingly felt in Europe. Our senior reporter, Bianca Francesca Boorer, sat down with Kai Zeng, restructuring partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, to discuss how Americanised the European market has become in our Q&A series with industry experts, 9Questions. Our favourite snippet from the interview is around LMEs, which are a hot talking point right now ⤵️ Q: One of the tactics Europe is adopting from the US is LMEs. What types of LMEs do you think we see are the most common in Europe? A: Ultimately, it depends on the specifics of the relevant situation, but I think we’ll see the full range of drop-downs, up-tiers, and double dips. Up-tiers are probably a bit more difficult in Europe given the protections in English law loan agreements and the prevalence of English law intercreditors, but they’re certainly not impossible. Drop-downs will always be looked at, but the issue — which sometimes advisers overlook — is the need to find assets that are suitable, which is not necessarily available in every situation. Optimally, you need to find assets that are valuable on a stand-alone basis, as it’s a more difficult sell to potential investors to finance assets that only have value with reference to the underlying company. But given the amount of capital available for these situations now, and the greater acceptance of them as a feature in the European financing market, it seems inevitable that LMEs will, slowly, become more common. Full interview here: https://lnkd.in/edp8cc66

When I started my career at JPM on the LevFin desk over a decade ago, I literally complained to anyone who would listen about the archaic tech and data in our market 😅 Fast forward to today, and it’s wild to think we’re in a world where AI is writing reports, drafting IPO prospectuses, and performing complex analyses — all while some banks are still using fax machines. 🤦♂️ So, what does the AI 'revolution' actually mean for debt markets? There could be big implications for high yield issuers who are seeing their business models disrupted, for market participants in DCM like banks, law firms and asset managers.... and also for companies like us at 9fin. 🔮 With the pace of change accelerating, who will come out on top? I’m excited to sit down with Sujeet Indap to tackle these big questions at a 9fin webinar next week. 🎙️ 👇 Sign up using this link — I look forward to answering your questions! https://lnkd.in/ewnSgkxe