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Bloomberg: Leveraged Lending Insights – 2/16/2026

Primary Market Activity Cools Following Active January Click here to access Bloomberg’s US Leveraged Finance Chartbook After a robust start to the year that saw $168.2b in US leveraged loan launches during January, primary market activity has slowed considerably. Through Wednesday, February 18, just $25.9b of new deals have launched – marking the lowest level…

Debtwire Middle-Market – 2/16/2026

The blue line in the chart is the current dividend yield of the *VanEck BDC Income ETF (currently at 12.3% as of 12 February, versus its five-year peak of 12.8% on 8 April 2025) that tracks the overall performance of publicly traded business development companies (BDCs, are lenders to privately held middle-market businesses that tend…

Covenant Trends - 2/16/2026

Percentage of Loans with F&C Tranche Growers (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Steven Miller smiller@covenantreview.com

Middle Market & Private Credit – 2/16/2026

U.S. Private Credit and Middle Market Performance Monitor: 4Q25 Click here to learn more. Fitch’s Privately Monitored Ratings (PMR) Portfolio – 4Q25 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...

Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis - 2/16/2026

BDC share price to NAV moves lower amid expected lower base rates and software sector exposure BDC valuations have moved lower recently amid some concerns around credit quality, specifically in the software sector, in which many BDCs have sizeable stakes…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...