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ELFA publishes fifth installment in Transferability Series

Co-published with our partners Akin and Covenant Review, this examines the challenges with Minimum Transfer Amounts and Transfer Fees, and our proposed solutions.

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ELFA announces its Annual Conference will return on Tuesday 13th October!

Priority registration is now open for all members. Thanks to our co-hosts Milbank once again.

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ELFA publishes CLO Data Reporting Initiative Update

The updated guidance introduces an annex to the CLO Data Reporting Best Practice, providing additional detail on reporting fields and clarifying disclosure standards for greater consistency across transactions.

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ELFA publishes best practices for Co-Op Agreements in Europe

This guidance outlines eight best practice recommendations for European Cooperation Agreements, covering clarity of purpose, pari passu access, transparent fees and governance, and public communication protocols.

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The 2025 update of ELFA’s ESG Fact Sheets is available

Now including reference to the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance, a new question on issuers’ sustainability policies, clearer highlighting of sector-specific questions, enhanced KPI tables with data validation, refined formatting for better readability and ease of completion, and embedded macros for smoother usability with non-macro versions also available.

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ELFA's Seminar Series webinar with Milbank takes place on 1st October

Members are invited to join us for a discussion of Enforcement Regimes in LME Transactions, including a comparison of Luxembourg, UK and the Netherlands.

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ABOUT ELFA

The European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA) is a buyside-only trade association comprised of European investors and non-bank lenders in the high-yield, leveraged loan, CLO and private debt markets. Its membership consists of more than 55 institutional fixed income managers, including investment advisors, insurance corporates, CLO managers and pension funds.

ELFA seeks to support the growth and resilience of the leveraged finance market while acting as the voice of its community by promoting transparency, improving standards, and facilitating engagement among leveraged finance market participants.

Latest News
19 May 2026
News Article
ELFA publishes Annual Review 2024/25

ELFA is delighted to share its Annual Review of our 2024/25 membership year.

7 May 2026
ELFA raises challenges with minimum transfer amounts and transfer fees in fifth instalment of Transferability Series

The European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA), has today with partners, global law firm Akin and Covenant Review, the expert on covenant analysis, published the fifth issue of its Transferability Series focused on loan transfer provisions. In this instalment, ELFA has observed issues with minimum transfer amounts and transfer fees, which often lead to delayed settlements, the creation of extra tickets, difficulty in trading following partial prepayments, increased transaction costs and additional fees.

21 April 2026
Press Release
ELFA announces new partner Gibson Dunn

The European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA) is delighted to announce that Gibson Dunn, a global law firm, is becoming an Expert Panel partner.

Upcoming Events
ELFA Seminar Series
ELFA Seminar Series with Milbank: Enforcement Regimes in LME Transactions — Comparison of Luxembourg, UK and the Netherlands
1 October 2026
15:00–16:00 hrs
Zoom webinar

ELFA is delighted to update all members that our rescheduled Seminar Series webinar with Milbank on the differences between jurisdiction enforcement regimes, including Luxembourg, UK and the Netherlands, will now take place on Thursday 1st October at 3-4pm BST.

ELFA Annual Conference
ELFA Annual Conference 2026
13 October 2026
08:00–18:30 hrs
Milbank London Offices

ELFA is delighted to announce the return of our Annual Conference 2026, with our co-hosts Milbank, on Tuesday 13th October in London!

MEMBERSHIP

We provide our members with an independent platform to address important issues, to promote industry leadership on critical issues like disclosure on ESG, and to develop regulatory engagement and representation.

We also provide educational resources through our Seminar Series and Academy, opportunities to progress important initiatives through our Committees, and a platform to express thought leadership through our Insights Series.

PARTNERSHIP

Through our Partners, we provide members with expertise and resources from leading covenant, legal, and restructuring advisers.

Our members work with our partners on initiatives to improve the market.