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Leveraged finance, distressed debt, and private credit drive today’s markets. Cloud 9fin delivers expert insights on high-yield bonds, syndicated loans, direct lending, and debt restructuring. Join top analysts and investors as we explore credit markets, special situations, and private debt strategies shaping the industry.
From credit risk assessment to institutional credit trends, each episode provides actionable intelligence for fund managers, institutional investors, and financial professionals. Whether you’re tracking high-yield issuances, analyzing corporate debt, or uncovering distressed debt opportunities, we’ve got you covered.
Through its AI-powered data and analytics platform, 9fin provides everything you need to get your head around credit or win a mandate — all in one place. We help subscribers win business, outperform their peers and save time. Stay ahead in leveraged finance market trends—subscribe now for expert discussions on the forces moving global credit.
From credit risk assessment to institutional credit trends, each episode provides actionable intelligence for fund managers, institutional investors, and financial professionals. Whether you’re tracking high-yield issuances, analyzing corporate debt, or uncovering distressed debt opportunities, we’ve got you covered.
Through its AI-powered data and analytics platform, 9fin provides everything you need to get your head around credit or win a mandate — all in one place. We help subscribers win business, outperform their peers and save time. Stay ahead in leveraged finance market trends—subscribe now for expert discussions on the forces moving global credit.
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Feb 3, 2022 • 30min
The rush to floating rate assets, with Roberta Goss of Pretium Partners
A new series of guests interviews recorded at 9fin’s New York headquarters by US editor Will Caiger-Smith. In this debut episode, we discuss equity volatility, the rush to floating rate assets, and the recent Bausch Health refi.

Jan 20, 2022 • 27min
A Rising Tide Lifts the Loan Market, Liens Covenants, SLB Update
The 9fin content and analytics team wrap up the week's HY and leveraged loans deals, head of covenant research Caitlin Carey discusses liens covenants touching on permitted liens vs permitted collateral liens and ESG analyst Jack David gives us an update on sustainability-linked bonds and loans for this January. For his Cloud 9fin debut US editor Will Caiger-Smith gives us a look into his market and discusses the driving forces behind a continuing shift towards loans.

Jan 7, 2022 • 26min
Review, preview 2021/2022
In this special episode the 9fin content and analytics team looks back on a blockbuster year and ahead to slightly more troubled waters. Credit analyst Ben Hoskin and loans reporter Katharine Hidalgo look at bonds and loans, editor Chris Haffenden takes us through the restructuring and distressed debt spaces, senior reporter Owen Sanderson looks at CLOs and ESG analyst Jack David reviews the ESG field.

Dec 10, 2021 • 16min
A Happy Levfin Quizmas
CEO Steven Hunter and loans reporter Michal Skýpala face off against editor Chris Haffenden and senior reporter Owen Sanderson in our first annual leveraged finance Christmas quiz. The teams will answer questions on loans, bonds and ESG in a quiz that includes some impossible questions, some useless questions and maybe one or two interesting ones!

Nov 26, 2021 • 36min
Restructuring change in France and the UK
Weil, Gotshal & Manges partners Andrew Wilkinson and Anne-Sophie Noury talk French restructuring changes and reflect on the state of the UK regime with editor Chris Haffenden in this special extended episode of Cloud 9fin.

Nov 12, 2021 • 24min
Earnings, Ratio Numerators, COP26
The 9fin content and analytics team wrap up the week's HY and leveraged loans deals, head of covenant research Caitlin Carey discusses ratio numerators, ESG analyst Jack David gives us his take on COP26 and Ben Hoskin and Chris Haffenden cover off the early results of earnings calls.

Oct 29, 2021 • 22min
Market Softening, ESG Ratchet Innovation, Bespoke CoC provision
The 9fin content and analytics team wrap up the week's HY and leveraged loans deals, legal analyst Alice Holian discusses a bespoke change of control provision and credit analysts Alex Manolopoulos and Josh Latham discuss innovation in sustainability-linked bond and loans. CEO Steven Hunter, editor Chris Haffenden and loans reporter Laura Thompson also discuss why the market has softened slightly in the last couple of weeks.

Oct 21, 2021 • 18min
Bonus episode: Aggregate
9fin editor Chris Haffenden discusses the current state of Adler shareholder Aggregate's bonds in the wake of a Viceroy report on Adler.

Oct 14, 2021 • 27min
Median Kliniken, CNI build-up baskets, Graanul Invest
The 9fin content and analytics team wrap up the week's HY and leveraged loans deals, senior legal analyst Caitlin Carey discusses CNI build-up baskets, ESG analyst gives an overview of the ESG space with a focus on Graanul Invest and loans reporters Laura Thompson and Michal Skypala talk Median Kliniken, and discuss if ESG risk is now considered on a par with credit risk.

Oct 8, 2021 • 21min
Bonus episode: Adler
CEO Steven Hunter and editor Chris Haffenden discuss Viceroy's recent report on Adler.