Bloomberg: Leveraged Lending Insights – 1/20/2025

Top Bookrunners Drive 2024 US Leveraged Loan Volume

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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 961 deals, Wells Fargo with 733 deals for $137b, and Goldman Sachs logging 648 deals for $111b. The ranks among the top four bookrunners remained unchanged from a year ago.