US Leveraged Loans Return 4.5% Through October Click here to access Bloomberg’s latest Global Leveraged Loan Index Report The Bloomberg US Leveraged Loan Index (Ticker: LOAN) returned 0.11% in October, bringing its year-to-date return to 4.50%. Average secondary market prices on US leveraged loans were 96.75 on October 31st, down from a monthly high of…
U.S. Private Credit and Middle Market Performance Monitor: 3Q25 Click here to learn more. Fitch’s Privately Monitored Ratings Portfolio Overview, 3Q25 In the charts above, Fitch presents aggregate data for issuers in its PMR portfolio. Fitch privately rates these issuers on behalf of asset managers…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
On November 5th, the 2025 government shutdown became the longest in US history. Source: The Daily Shot
The Fed’s rate cut last week of 25 bps brings the funds benchmark down to 3.75-4.00%. That’s roughly 150 bps lower than its peak back in July 2023. Buried in this news were two interesting developments. Chair Powell remarked that “there were strongly differing views on how to proceed in December.” Of the twelve FOMC…
KBRA DLD Default Indices(TTM 11/4/25) (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Eric Rosenthaleric.rosenthal@kbra.com
Median step-up from previous PE middle-market fund in fund family Download PitchBook’s Report here. With less capital available to allocate, many LPs are consolidating the number of managers they commit capital to, often siding with managers they have longer-standing relationships with, which tends to be larger megafund managers or a select few in the middle market….
US Institutional loan calendar north of US$43bn at end of October At the end of last week, the forward calendar for institutional loan assets topped US$43bn, the highest level since July of this year…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Launched Volume Source: LevFin Insights New-issue Yields Source: LevFin Insights Weekly Fund Flows Source: Lipper (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Robert Polenbergrobert.polenberg@levfininsights.com
Distribution of MFN Sunset Horizons (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Steven Miller smiller@covenantreview.com
Performance and regulation are worries for LPs Our latest test of investor opinion finds tougher market conditions impacting the responses. In this column we offer readers of the Lead Left a sneaky peek at some of the findings emerging from the latest version of our LP Perspectives annual survey, which will form part of the…