Concentration of Control Rights in Leveraged Loan Syndicates

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Mitchell Berlin

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia - Research Department

Greg Nini

Drexel University - Department of Finance

Edison G. Yu

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

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Date Written: July, 2017

Abstract

Corporate loan contracts frequently concentrate control rights with a subset of lenders. In a large fraction of leveraged loans, which typically include a revolving line of credit and a term loan, the revolving lenders have the exclusive right and ability to monitor and renegotiate the financial covenants in the governing credit agreements. Concentration is more common in loans that include nonbank institutional lenders and in loans originated subsequent to the financial crisis, when recognition of bargaining frictions increased. We conclude that concentrated control rights maintain the benefits of lender monitoring and minimize the costs of renegotiation associated with larger and more diverse lending syndicates.

Keywords: corporate loans, credit agreements, lines of credit

Suggested Citation

Berlin, Mitchell and Nini, Gregory and Yu, Edison G., Concentration of Control Rights in Leveraged Loan Syndicates (July, 2017). FRB of Philadelphia Working Paper No. 17-22, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3029755

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Gregory Nini

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Edison G. Yu

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia ( email )

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