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 11.5%) that tracks the overall performance of publicly traded business development companies (BDCs, lenders to privately held middle-market businesses that tend to be below investment…

Repricings tick upward in opportune window An upturn in repricing transactions has been seen in the leveraged loan market over the past two months, as tightening margins have afforded issuers the ability to refresh existing deals at lower interest rates. The reasons behind the rise in repricing as a means of replacing existing debt could…

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%) that tracks the overall performance of publicly traded business development companies (BDCs, lenders to privately held middle-market businesses that tend to be below…

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 11.2%) that tracks the overall performance of publicly traded business development companies (BDCs, lenders to privately held middle-market businesses that tend to be…

Source: VanEck BDC Income ETF, BofA Merrill Lynch US High Yield Effective Yield The red line in the chart is the current dividend yield of the *VanEck BDC Income ETF (currently at 10.5%) that tracks the overall performance of publicly traded business development companies (BDCs, lenders to privately held middle-market businesses that tend to be…

Source: VanEck BDC Income ETF, BofA Merrill Lynch US High Yield Effective Yield The red line in the chart is the current dividend yield of the *VanEck BDC Income ETF (currently at 10.7%) that tracks the overall performance of publicly traded business development companies (BDCs, lenders to privately held middle-market businesses that tend to be…

Derisking remains key focus for loan issuers and investors alike Source: Debtwire There has been a striking 70% year-on-year decrease in new money institutional activity in the loan market following a continued lack of supply from M&A auctions processes. In its place, refinancing has taken center stage, propping up issuance at over 80% of the…

Source: VanEck BDC Income ETF, BofA Merrill Lynch US High Yield Effective Yield The red line in the chart is the current dividend yield of the *VanEck BDC Income ETF (currently at 10.6%) that tracks the overall performance of publicly traded business development companies (BDCs, lenders to privately held middle-market businesses that tend to be below…

Likely-to-distress scores highlight struggling industries Source: Debtwire Out of a universe of more than 12,000 leveraged US companies, 180 are in the stressed/distressed lifecycle categories – which receive Debtwire’s likely-to-distress (LTD) scores of 50 to 99. Another 600 are in ongoing restructuring – or have an LTD score of 100. The transportation sector has eight…

Source: VanEck BDC Income ETF, BofA Merrill Lynch US High Yield Effective Yield The red line in the chart is the current dividend yield of the *VanEck BDC Income ETF that tracks the overall performance of publicly traded business development companies (BDCs, lenders to privately held middle-market businesses that tend to be below investment grade…