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Bloomberg: Leveraged Lending Insights – 2/17/2025

US Leveraged Loan Launches Taper from January Highs Leveraged loan launches have slowed from the record-breaking pace set in January when approximately $204.8b was brought to market for an all-time high. Through February 19th, $72.7b worth of deals have been marketed to investors, marking a significant slowdown month-over month. While February launches have struggled to…

Bloomberg: Leveraged Lending Insights – 2/10/2025

January Marks 20th Consecutive Positive Monthly Return for US Loan Index The Bloomberg US Leveraged Loan Index (Ticker: LOAN), a measure of the US institutional, broadly syndicated, leveraged loan market, returned 0.67% in January following a year in 2024 that saw loan investors rewarded with 8.77% gains. In fact, it was the 20th consecutive positive…

Bloomberg: Leveraged Lending Insights – 1/27/2025

2025 Kicks off with Record Wave of Leveraged Loan Launches At approximately $199.4b through January 29th, the new year has picked up right where 2024 left off in terms of record levels of US institutional leveraged loan launches. That amounts to a new record after surpassing December 2024’s $187.9b, as issuers have continued to pile…

Bloomberg: Leveraged Lending Insights – 1/20/2025

Top Bookrunners Drive 2024 US Leveraged Loan Volume Amid record issuance in the leveraged loan market in 2024, where institutional issuance exceeded $1.33t, Bank of America was the most active bookrunner, participating in 953 US leveraged loan deals with an annual credited bookrunner volume of over $172b. Following BofA was JP Morgan at $167b across…