Bonds rule today but loan market will live again

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Bonds rule today but loan market will live again

Such is the contrast between Europe’s fired-up corporate bond market and its damp squib cousin the loan market that some senior capital markets officials are predicting a permanent shift in funding patterns. But that is unlikely. The loan market, while not out of the mire, will remain an essential source of funding for corporate borrowers.

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