Bank Loans are represented by the CSFB Leverage Loan Index, which is a representative index of tradable senior - secured U.S. dollar - denominated
non-investment grade loans.
Not exact matches
This suggests many
loans were given to sub-prime and
non-investment grade borrowers.
This means in order to achieve an adequate return on a fixed income portfolio today we would have to mix in riskier investments such as
non-investment grade bonds and other higher risk
loans.
-- Leveraged
loans are obviously
non-investment grade, but are secured on the borrower's assets (thereby ensuring seniority in the capital structure, and higher average recovery rates), covenants are strict, and they're repayable at any time.
Key Highlights: • Proficiently managed and maintained high quality
loan portfolio of investment
grade and
non-investment grade accounts through accurate and timely qualitative and quantitative risk analysis to minimize
loan losses.
However, a conservative shift among the debt community is aimed primarily at
non-investment grade tenants, who have been forced to accept finance terms at 70 % to 75 %
loan - to - value vs. a more favorable 90 %
loan - to - value ratio not so long ago.