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Credit Tenant Leases: The Phoenix from CMBS Ashes

The CMBS market’s loss seems to be the CTL market’s gain. With most forms of financing for the commercial real estate market shut, investment-grade single-tenant properties on the CTL market turn to…

U.S. PP Pushes Past Economic Fears of First Half

While other markets still feel the pressure of lingering economic concerns, the private bond market has been able to shrug these off…

Canada’s Junk Bond Market Hits Growth Spurt

Junk bond issuance in Canada isn’t big, but it is growing, say market watchers north of the border…

June: U.S. PP Leapfrogs Over Other Markets

As the fears of a double dip recession, high unemployment and an unstable Europe concerned many investors, the buysiders in the private placement market remained hungry…

Argentina's Chubut Debuts in Royalty-Backed Sector

As of press time, the Argentina province of Chubut was approaching issuance of a deal backed by oil and gas royalties...

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October Recap Mkt. Prices $1.86B, Finds "New Normal"

The U.S. private placement market priced $1.855 billion last month and seemed to find a new equilibrium. Liquidity and pricing in the public market stabilized...

Guest Column and Q&A, Part I: The New Chinese Bankruptcy Law, With Chip Fisher, partner at Bingham McCutchen

Chip Fisher is a partner with Bingham McCutchen and head of the firm's Institutional Finance Group. He has over 30 years of experience in the private placement...

Guest Column & Q&A: The New Chinese Bankruptcy Law

Chip Fisher is a partner with Bingham McCutchen and head of the firm's Institutional Finance Group. He has over 30 years of experience in the private placement...

Rating Agencies Give Insurance Industry Stable Outlook No Worries on Portfolios, Capital Raising

Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor's are maintaining their stable ratings outlooks on the insurance industry over the next year, according to reports issued...

2007 Year in Review: A Tale Of Two Half-Years

The year 2007 in the U.S. private placement market can be divided into two distinctly different parts; pre-July, and after. In July, the sub-prime mortgage...

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