Leveraged Finance and CLO 2025 Outlook

Credit Conditions Mostly Sunny, But Some Clouds Linger

Please join us for a live interactive webinar on Wednesday, February 5th at 11:00 am EST, when our senior analysts will discuss our 2025 rating, credit, and sector outlooks for Leveraged Finance and CLOs.  

Key Topics of Discussion: 

• 2025 Economic Outlook: Our views on U.S. economic trends, potential policy developments, and interest rate projections.
• Speculative Grade Issuer Ratings Outlook: Examining the impact of elevated interest rates and constrained profit margin growth on leveraged borrowers' financial health.
• Defaults and Recoveries: Default rates and recovery trends, with a focus on liability management transactions (LMTs).
• Private Credit Trends: Middle-market update and comparing lower-rated speculative grade credit to our credit estimates.
• CLO Market Trends: Analysis of current CLO trends and expectations for 2025.

Speakers include:
Steve Anderberg, Sector Lead, U.S. CLOs
Satyam Panday, Chief Economist, U.S. and Canada
Minesh Patel, Sector Lead, Leveraged Finance
Denis Rudnev, Director, Leveraged Finance
Steve Wilkinson, Sector Lead, Leveraged Finance & Recoveries

Moderator:
Shannan Murphy, Head of U.S. Leveraged Finance

Remember to submit your questions in advance via the registration page.  We will do our best to answer as many as possible.

We hope you can join us live, however if you are unable to participate; you can still register to access the replay on-demand, at your convenience.