US Bankruptcy reform may hit leveraged loans

Battle lines are being drawn as the US debates changes to its Bankruptcy Code with wide-reaching implications for the $1.2tr US leveraged loan market. Reformers think that too much power has passed to secured lenders, resulting in too many liquidations and not enough reorganisations. The industry, led by the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA), disputes the data and warns of higher prices for secured credit across the market.