We host regular educational seminars on topics of interest to our members and the wider leveraged finance community through our Seminar Series.
With the support of with our Partners, we keep members up to date on market trends and regulatory developments. We also deliver training for junior team members through our Academy.
We collaborate with other trade associations and educational institutions so that our members can access valuable discounts on externally hosted events.
Join ELFA and our Platinum ESG Ratings partner, Sustainable Fitch, for an update on ESG Scores for Leveraged Finance and an introduction to ESG Ratings.
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.
We distribute weekly summaries of legal and regulatory issues through our Briefings Series, and regularly update the resources provided under our Diligence Series to reflect current and emerging market issues and trends.
Through our Partners, we provide members with expertise and resources from leading covenant, legal, and restructuring advisers. Visit our Partners page to learn more about our work together.
ELFA is excited to be collaborating with the ESG Integrated Disclosure Project (ESG IDP) on behalf of its members, and will explore opportunities to demonstrate interoperability in its efforts to obtain ESG disclosures from borrowers. ELFA recognises commonality with the approach taken by the ESG IDP template, and welcomes the opportunity to provide support, feedback and resources to the initiative to harmonise industry efforts and accelerate ESG integration across all markets.
The European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA) and the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) partnered to create a set of recommendations for the high yield bond market in line with ICMA’s Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles (SLBP). The Practical Recommendations for High Yield Sustainability Linked Bonds will be published today.
European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA) today issues a new report called ‘UCITS Funds Participating in New Money Transactions - Obstacles and Potential Approaches’ that reviews UCITS Fund limitations and considers options that would allow regulated investment funds falling under the European undertakings for the collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) regulation (“UCITS funds”) to participate in new money transactions to preserve value and allow for recoveries of distressed investments.
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