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Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis - 6/23/2025

How do middle market lenders characterize the quality of 2Q25 loan supply? According to preliminary results from LSEG LPC’s quarterly middle market lender outlook survey, a large majority (81%) of respondents say they were not able to lend as much as they wanted in 2Q25…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...

Debtwire Middle-Market – 6/23/2025

Source: VanEck BDC Income ETF, BofA Merrill Lynch US High Yield Effective Yield The blue line in the chart is the current dividend yield of the *VanEck BDC Income ETF (currently at 11.1% as of 20 June) that tracks the overall performance of publicly traded business development companies (BDCs, are lenders to privately held middle-market businesses…

Covenant Trends - 6/23/2025

Percentage of Loans with MFN Carveouts (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Steven Miller smiller@covenantreview.com

Letter from Tokyo (Second of a Series)

Last week we came to Tokyo for meetings with our investors and friends in the region, as well as participating in S&P’s stellar Structured Finance Seminar 2025. Along with almost 200 attendees we heard senior ratings analysts and leading CLO market participants discuss trends and outlooks for global leveraged finance, CLOs and other securitized strategies. […]

Bloomberg: Leveraged Lending Insights – 6/16/2025

Leveraged Loan Launches Keep Pace as Global Tensions Mount Click here to access Bloomberg’s US Leveraged Finance Chartbook Through June 17th, 59 deals for $47.8b have launched into the US leveraged loan market this month for a 53% improvement from the full month of May figure. Weekly launches exceeded $20bn during the week ending June…

Debtwire Middle-Market – 6/16/2025

High-yield bonds find favor after market chaos – Debt Dynamics NorthAm New money high-yield (HY) bond issuance showed signs of a revival in May, following a sluggish period of lower volumes since the start of the year…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...

Covenant Trends - 6/16/2025

Percentage of First Lien Loans with Affected Lender Voting Protection (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Steven Miller smiller@covenantreview.com

Middle Market & Private Credit – 6/16/2025

Private Credit’s Growing Complexity Untested Through Market Cycles Click here to download report. How Does the Change in Rate Outlook Affect Middle-Market Borrowers? Despite concerning growth in the number of issuers with coverage at or below 1x, the median issuer’s metrics have remained relatively stable. Approximately 48% of all issuers are estimated to have 2024E…