The average purchase price for large corporate LBO deals is still well below the large-scale deals struck during the buyout boom, but select mega deals are resurfacing. The average purchase price year to date for large corporate LBO deals is around $1.8 billion, slightly behind 2014 levels of $1.9 billion, but far lower… Subscribe to

Arrangers continue to show some discipline with regards to structuring LBO deals as the year comes closer to an end.   The share of buyout deals that are levered seven times and greater has fallen to only 14% in 2015, down from 26% last year and down from 39% at the peak of the… Subscribe to

Loan mutual fund & ETF assets under management (AUM) finished October at $127 billion, their lowest level since June 2013, as investors continued to pull money from these funds and loan prices shifted lower.  Loan funds AUM is down over 10% this year, and is now 27% off the record high of $174 billion set…

U.S. CLO assets under management (AUM) have edged higher recently to $417 billion, while European CLOs are at €65 billion. The climb in U.S. CLO AUM this year allied with the relatively stable size of the institutional loan market has pushed the CLO share of the market up six… Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member?

For the first time since late 2011, the net percentage of domestic banks reporting tightening terms over the past three months turned positive. Specifically, 8.8% of domestic banks reported tightening credit standards for approving applications for C&I loans or credit lines other than those used to finance mergers… Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log

Commodity trading firms – which store, transport and process raw materials such as crude oil, wheat and copper – are obtaining favorable terms on their European syndicated loans despite a global commodities rout which has seen the price of many commodities cut in half over the past year and threatens commodity… Subscribe to Read MoreAlready

Mezzanine volume in the middle market  only reached about $800 million in 3Q15, over 30% lower than the $1.2 billion tracked in 2Q15. Over the years, mezzanine has been pushed down market and has been more commonly structured on lower middle market issuers with less EBITDA and less leverage…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member?

In sync with the broader leveraged cash flow market, asset-based lenders struggled to source new dealflow in 3Q15. At just over US$19bn, 3Q15 ABL volume was modestly higher from 2Q15 totals to bring year to date volume to US$58.5bn, down nearly 13% compared to the year ago period. More noteworthy,… Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a

Middle market volume showed a dramatic decline in 3Q15.  Loan issuance only reached  $27.4 billion, a 36% drop quarter-over-quarter and a 42% drop year-over-year.  Non-sponsored issuance showed the biggest drop off as issuers clearly became spooked by broader market volatility and a fear of a global macroeconomic slowdown. … Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in

US Leveraged lending tumbled in 3Q15 as market volatility fueled a flight to quality and heightened risk aversion. At less than $180 billion, 3Q15 leveraged lending was down nearly 50% compared to 2Q15 totals to bring 1-3Q15 totals to $753 billion, down 24% compared to the same time last year. Most of the shortfall was rooted…