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Revision as of 20:37, 4 January 2015
A loan from a number of different lenders acting collectively.
Historically the lenders were normally banks, acting through an 'agent bank'.
More recently some 'non-banks', notably hedge funds or pension funds, will also be parties to syndicated loans – in the primary market for sub-investment grade and, in the secondary market more widely too.
Non-bank lenders are particularly attracted to fully drawn, often fixed rate tranches of a loan rather than rather than revolving or stand-by tranches.
Three types of syndicated loan deal are:
See also
- Agent bank
- Arrangement fee
- Bilateral
- Commentary by The Association of Corporate Treasurers on syndicated loan negotiation and documentation
- Foreign bond
- Loan Market Association
- Tranche
