Milbank Global Leveraged Finance/Capital Markets partner Rebecca Marques spoke on a panel at “AFME’s 13th Annual European High Yield Conference” on October 16, 2018 in London. For 13 years, AFME’s European High Yield Conference has brought together the leading names in European high yield and loan markets to network and debate. The conference programme featured in-depth analysis of crucial issues and discussions regarding challenges and opportunities facing the European high yield industry. Attended by senior professionals including law firms, investors, banks, rating agencies and regulators, the session covered the impact of MiFID and MAR, the outlook for the European CLO market, FinTech developments in high yield, distressed debt and special situations and other potential trends in the European loan market.
The conference is focused on a review of the current European high yield market issuance and expectations for 2019 and explored global economic factors such as Brexit, fed rate hikes and trade transactions.
