US Leveraged Loan Returns Cool to 0.32% in August Click here to access Bloomberg’s latest Global Leveraged Loan Index Report The Bloomberg US Leveraged Loan Index (Ticker: LOAN) returned 0.32% in August, bringing its year-to-date return to 4.00%. Average secondary market prices on US leveraged loans were 96.92 on September 9th after declining slightly from…
Issuance Cools from July High but Sets Record for August Following a robust July that saw $200b of institutional leveraged loans price, issuance cooled somewhat in August. At $79.5b across 68 deals, issuance receded 60% from the July high but remained elevated for what is typically a quieter month in the leverage loan market. In…
August Leveraged Loan Launches, by Week The typical “August slowdown” for the leveraged-loan market has yet to materialize, according to data compiled by Bloomberg…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
July Sets Record for US Leveraged Loan Launches The US leveraged loan market has set a record in terms of monthly launch volume, with July deal flow exceeding $218.8b. It was the busiest month for launches by both volume and deal count (153) since Bloomberg began tracking the data in 2013, shattering the previous record…
Second-Busiest Day of Leveraged Loan Launches Brings Wave of Repricings Click here to access Bloomberg’s US Leveraged Finance Chartbook Following the most active single day of 2025 and the second busiest on record, the US leveraged loan market saw $61.7b in transactions launched to investors on Monday, July 21. By Wednesday, the weekly total had…
Leveraged Loan Launches Accelerate in July Click here to access Bloomberg’s US Leveraged Finance Chartbook After launching over $33bn into the broadly syndicated US leveraged loan market last week, issuers have continued to jump into the market, with an additional $39.84bn launching so far this week through Wednesday July 16th…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a
US Leveraged Loan Issuance Tops $65bn in June June’s 75 deals for $66b was up $34.4b, or 109%, from the previous month’s $31.6b, but was down $83.6b or 56% from the same month a year ago. It brought the Q2 total to $107.4b across 128 deals for a 68% decline from the first quarter total…
Leveraged loan prices continue to climb in secondary market The Bloomberg US Leveraged Loan Index (Ticker: LOAN) advanced 0.76% in June after a 1.53% gain in May, bringing its year-to-date return to 2.77%…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Leveraged loan prices continue to climb in secondary market Average secondary market prices on US Leveraged loans reached 96.44 on June 25th, the highest level since March 17th according to the Bloomberg US Leveraged Loan Index. So far in June, the index has returned 0.51%, bringing the year-to-date figure to 2.47%…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready
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…