Shift to bonds will not kill loan market, but refresh it

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Shift to bonds will not kill loan market, but refresh it

The trend in European corporate finance is towards bonds as the main source of drawn debt. But don’t stress. Big firms in much of Europe have made the transition already, and they still like loans for liquidity purposes and acquisitions. Peripheral Europe is catching up, but syndicated loans are more widespread than ever. As for small firms, banks remain the answer.

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