What’s the state of the US leveraged loan market, and what’s the outlook for the rest of the year? Those were the among the questions posed to your correspondent and three other panelists at Octus Webinar: H1 2025: “How Private Credit and Banks Traversed the Tariff Storm to a Brighter Second Half.”
We’ve discussed here at length the implications and effects of tariffs on the credit market. More interesting for readers was the panel discussion of what has been a full recovery from April’s Liberation Day. At least one measure of this confidence was July’s US leveraged loan activity of $222 billion, the largest monthly number ever recorded. As our Chart of the Week highlights, eight of the top ten busiest months came since January of 2024, according to Bloomberg...
“Credit complacency is a dominant theme across our investor meetings.” – Matthew Mish, head of credit strategy, UBS (Bloomberg).
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Chart of the Week: Loans Unleashed
July set record monthly leveraged loan volume; eight of top ten highest in last two years. Source: PitchBook, Bloomberg
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Chart of the Week: Behind the Curve
Private equity fundraising through early June is slowest pace in over a decade. Source: PitchBook
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Chart of the Week: Exit Ramp
The number of PE exits slumped 1Q after last year’s steady improvement. Source: Preqin Pro
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Chart of the Week: Slowing the Slowdown
Notwithstanding tariffs, economists now view the chances of a recession fading. Source: WSJ Surveys of Economists
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Chart of the Week: Wealth Effects
The share of wealth assets dedicated to private credit is on the rise. Source: FT, Oliver Wyman
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Chart of the Week: Secondary Effects
Since Liberation Day, leveraged loan trading prices have slowly moved higher. Source: Bloomberg US Leveraged Loan Index
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