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Moody's: 2016 ends on a high for EMEA lev fin markets, likely repeat of issuance volumes in 2017

London, 19 January 2017-- Europe, Middle East and Africa leveraged finance issuance volumes ended the year strongly with overall volumes peaking at $133 billion, but issuance fell 6% short of matching the total of $141 billion in 2015 and 45% below the record year of 2014, says Moody's Investors Service in an update to the markets published today. Rated leveraged loan volumes for the year also exceeded high-yield bond volumes for the first time in 2016. Issuance volumes in 2017...
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