Marina leads the S&P Global Market Intelligence LCD Research business, the world’s leading provider of leveraged finance news, analytics, and index products.
Marina leads the S&P Global Market Intelligence LCD Research business, the world’s leading provider of leveraged finance news, analytics, and index products. LCD Research provides comprehensive analysis detailing virtually every metric of the leveraged loan market, including structure, pricing, yield, volume, along with secondary market performance and LBO/private equity activity.
Marina has covered the U.S. and European leveraged finance markets for over 20 years, responsible for developing analytics and commentary detailing market trends. She specializes in data-driven trend analysis on a wide range of topics, including loan index performance, recovery rates, and market technicals.
Marina holds an MBA in Finance from New York University and an undergraduate degree in Finance from Pace University.
June 2021 Leveraged Finance Market Analysis: As secondary yields flirt with
The U.S. leveraged loan secondary market softened in June amid a busy slate of new issues, one that produced the highest volume of M&A-related loans in 17 months. While gains in most corners of the market lost steam, the riskiest loans outperformed yet again. And investors continue to turn to lower-rated assets in search of yield amid still-favorable financing conditions and an...
COVID-19 Impact & Recovery: LCD Outlook for H2 2021
What are the key themes to shape the Leveraged Loan and High Yield Bond markets in 2021 and beyond? 1: Credit quality This is expected to remain a question mark in the leveraged loan market. The deterioration of the ratings mix in the S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index began playing out long before the COVID-19 pandemic inflicted damage to corporate balance sheets in early 2020. The...
