European Leveraged Finance Association Ltd
Budget
€10 — €0
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
1
0.1 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
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 60 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 European leveraged finance market participants.
EU Legislative Interests
ELFA concentrates on cross-border market practice and regulatory issues affecting the buyside because we have a pan-European focus. Main EU initiatives, policies and legislative files currently followed include (list not exhaustive): Securitisation Regulation, Market Abuse Regulation (MAR), Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) Directive, UCITS Eligible Assets Directive, Regulation on Credit Rating Agencies (CRA), Capital Markets Union (CMU), Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II), Corporate Insolvency Law Harmonisation, EU Green Taxonomy, Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and Green Bonds.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Organisation Members
Our Partner organisations are listed here: https://elfainvestors.com/partnership-programme/ Our Member Firms are listed here (not a publicly available list): Aegon Asset Management Invesco AlbaCore Capital Janus Henderson Alcentra JP Morgan Asset Management Allianz Global Investors Kartesia Allspring Global Investments KKR Credit Advisors Anchorage Capital LFP Opportunity Loans/ DELFF Management Angelo, Gordon & Co M&G Investments Apollo Global Management Morgan Stanley Investment Management AXA Investment Managers Muzinich & Co Bain Capital Credit Barings NinetyOne Blackstone Oak Hill Advisors Capital Four Palmer Square Capital Management CELF Advisors LLP, The Carlyle Group Partners Group Chenavari Investment Managers Pemberton Asset Management Columbia Threadneedle Investments Permira Capital PGIM Financial UBS Asset Management Pictet Asset Management Polus Capital Management CVC Credit Partners Robeco Asset Management DWS Investment Schroders Capital Evli Fund Management Sculptor Capital Federated Hermes Spire Partners Fidelity International Strategic Value Partners Five Arrows Managers T. Rowe Price Tikehau Investment Management Guggenheim Partners TwentyFour Asset Management HPS Investment Partners Voya Investment Management Insight Investment FMR Investment Management UK Sound Point Capital
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.