US Leveraged Loans Post Largest Monthly Return Since 2023 Click here to access Bloomberg’s US Leveraged Loan Index Report After a brief pause in its long-running rally, the Bloomberg US Leveraged Loan Index (Ticker: LOAN) advanced 1.53% in May, bringing its YTD return to 1.95%. The gain follows back-to-back losses in March (-0.29%) and April…
US Leveraged Loan Launches Pick Back Up in May To Monitor Upcoming US Institutional Loan Issuance, run PREL <GO> from a Bloomberg Terminal Following a record drought between March 28 and April 16 in which 14 business days passed without the launch of a new US leveraged loan financing, the longest such streak since Bloomberg…
Leveraged loans claw back tariff-driven losses in secondary market It has been a wild ride in the secondary market this year to date, driven by bouts of volatility due to uncertainty over US economic policy. Secondary market bids on US leveraged loans started the year at an average of 97.33 before sliding 329 bps from…
US Leveraged Loans Post Consecutive Monthly Losses Click here to access Bloomberg’s US Leveraged Loan Index Report The Bloomberg US Leveraged Loan Index (Ticker: LOAN), a measure of the US institutional, broadly syndicated, leveraged loan market, continued its downward trend in April…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Lenders offer deep discount on new loans in April To Monitor Upcoming US Institutional Loan Issuance, run PREL <GO> from a Bloomberg Terminal Primary issuance has come at a discount amid a broader selloff in the leveraged loan secondary market, which has led bids to decline to an average of 95.77 on April 30th from…
Leveraged Loan Market Dries Up Amid Economic Uncertainty Click here to access Bloomberg’s US Leveraged Finance Chartbook The reduction in US institutional leveraged loan issuance has been drastic – with just $3.1b priced through April 22nd, it amounts to the worst month of loan issuance since July 2022’s $3.5b, which followed the Federal Reserve’s historic…
Launch Drought Extends to 14 Days, Setting Bleak New Record Click here to access Bloomberg’s US Leveraged Finance Chartbook Wednesday, April 16th was the 14th business day running without a leveraged loan launch, marking the longest such primary issuance draught since Bloomberg began tracking the data in 2013…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log
Loan prices plummet in secondary market amid tariff-fueled volatility Secondary market bids on US leveraged loans have tumble 329 bps from their January high to an average bid of 94.41 on April 9th, the lowest level seen since July 2023, according to the Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan Index…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member?
New money financing remains muted as M&A off to slow start in 2025 At just $35.9b or 11% of volume in Q1 2025, new money financing remains sluggish amid record levels of issuance. At $339.2b, first quarter issuance was among the busiest since Bloomberg began tracking the data in 2013, however that did not translate…
After Record January US Leveraged Loan Issuance Tapers Off in Q1 Following a record January that saw more US institutional leveraged loans price than any year since Bloomberg began tracking the data in 2013, at $185.96b, issuance slowed to $95.03b in February and has continued to decline to just $45.27b through March 26th…. Subscribe to