Monday, May 28, 2012

Europe Turns To U.S. for Loans





In the latest symptom of Europe's financial turmoil, the region's riskier companies are bypassing banks and investors at home and turning to the U.S. for loans.

European companies borrowed some €14.4 billion (about $18 billion at current rates) in the U.S. leveraged-loan market this year through Friday, more than double the €6.7 billion for all of 2011, according to data from S&P Capital IQ LCD. That is the highest amount since at least 2007, the height of the last boom in leveraged lending, when full-year loan volume was €12.2 billion, according to S&P….
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303395604577432564052536968.html?mod=WSJ_article_forsub

No comments:

Post a Comment