Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis – 9/3/2018

US LBO loan volume tops US$100bn, up 32% year over year

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Following the proverbial summer slowdown in the last few weeks leading to Labor Day, the leveraged loan market, and more specifically, the sponsored loan market, hit the ground running on Tuesday, boosting a much anticipated deals pipeline. Price guidance for the permanent financing backing Blackstone’s buyout of Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters’ Financial & Risk division)