Banks

Trimont’s Michael Delaney says lenders should focus on loan events, cashflow and covenants to mitigate current risks. 

The credit manager has set up a Paris-based debt business focused on lending against assets being readied for a low-carbon economy across continental Europe.

Lahcen Knapp, Empira’s chairman, expects an open playing field in Germany as domestic banks retreat.

The London-based manager‘s pan-European CREDO fund has invested in the Irish hotel market as it sees competitors ‘retreating’.

The consultant highlighted that the proportion of stage two underperforming loans had increased to 9.5% by the end of Q2.

BF.direkt’s fourth quarter sentiment sweep of 110 lenders shows mood is at an all-time low.

Part two of our guide to the finance providers making their mark in Europe.

The European real estate lending market has been battered by headwinds. But as the latest version of our annual list shows, some finance providers managed to make their mark.

A debt funding gap looms across Europe’s property markets. Yet banks and debt funds are well capitalised. Will their funding end up where it is most needed?

Providers of loan-on-loan finance are pricing in higher interest rates.