H1 2024 US High Yield Bond Trends Report

9fin Team16 Jul 2024 | Global | 1 minute read

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Chapter 15 and the objecting creditors’ new playbook

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Chapter 15 and the objecting creditors’ new playbook

We’re over halfway through 2026 and 9fin’s LME count is up to 25 with H1’s completed transactions — just above the 24 transactions recorded for the first half of 2025. When 9fin wrote about the rise of Chapter 15 as an enforcement mechanism for foreign restructurings, the US courts had signalled unease about engineered COMI and jurisdictional arbitrage. The comments would appear in the occasional dicta of a decision, but the recent opinion in New Fortress Energy has now provided a framework for scrutinizing petitions for Chapter 15 recognition.

Taking the Credit — The direct lending fundraising vindication

As the market heads back to school, some of Europe’s biggest fund managers — Bridgepoint, Hayfin and Tikehau — are returning with plenty of fresh cash to put to work.

RBI swap scheme pulls $136bn, beating expectations

Indian banks mobilized $136.4bn in foreign currency inflows under the Reserve Bank of India’s concessional USD INR swap facilities between the scheme’s launch on 8 June and 31 August, surpassing both the central bank’s publicly stated expectation and market forecasts.

No offence, but where are Europe's defence deals?

Europe is rearming, and everyone from LPs to lenders are keen on investing in defence. But despite loosening ESG guidelines and robust government support in both the UK and European Union for investing in the sector, market participants told 9fin there aren’t enough quality investable credits to meet all the demand.

China’s new property policy package not designed to favor developers

On the evening of Friday 28 August, all of the three top financial regulators in China released a package of property policies that flooded the investment community.

Chart of the week: Eight AAAs at S+120 last week — July had three all month

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