It’s Now or Never to Refinance Loans, Carlyle’s Basmadjian Says

Companies should be refinancing more leveraged loans now, because some of the biggest investors will soon be less able to buy, according to Lauren Basmadjian, co-head of liquid credit and head of US loans and structured credit at Carlyle Group.

Basmadjian spoke to Bloomberg’s Carmen Arroyo in a series of interviews that ended on July 19. Comments have been edited and condensed.

Are companies refinancing or extending their maturing loans? There’s a wall of maturities through the end of 2025.

Companies are not dealing with it as quickly as we believe they need to.

Source: Bloomberg

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