S&P Global Ratings expects the U.S. speculative-grade default rate at yearend 2024 to increase on a year-over-year basis to 4.75% (versus 4.5% at yearend 2023) after peaking around 5% in the meantime, but for lender debt recoveries to remain under pressure.  Top-heavy debt structures, lender protections within covenant-light debt agreements, low levels of subordination, high interest rates, and aggressive out-of-court restructurings are just a few factors that shape our opinion of loss-given-default.

Join us to learn more about these factors and their impact on recovery expectations.

Key Discussion Points: 

• Expected and Actual Debt Recoveries By Debt-Type 
• Liability Management Transactions
• Recovery trends by company size and sector
• CLO Recovery Trends

Speakers include:

Evan Gunter, Direct, Credit Research & Insights

Dan Hu, Director, Structured Finance

Kenny Tang, Director, Leveraged Finance

Steven Wilkinson, Managing Director & Sector Lead, Leveraged Finance & Recoveries

Ramki Muthukrishnan, Managing Director & Head of U.S. Leveraged Finance (Moderator)

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