War looms in loan market over CDS pricing

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War looms in loan market over CDS pricing

Banks are preparing to introduce to Europe’s syndicated loan market a new technique from the US — linking loan pricing to CDS spreads at the time of drawdown. This would go even further than the bond market in making pricing market-driven. If borrowers object to this as potentially volatile and unpredictable, they will have to stand their ground and fight.

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