SunGard: The Devil's in the detail: Look out for loan market regulation

With interest rates still at near-historic lows, bank debt can certainly represent a lucrative investment. But it’s vital that investors aren’t blinded by the promise of enticing yields – and keep a close watch on the regulatory implications of loan trading. While the market isn’t as tightly regulated as, for example, equity and bond markets, it hasn’t escaped the broad compliance requirements of the likes of the Dodd-Frank Act, the Volcker rule and the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act