New Year Kicks Off with Busy Month of Leveraged Loan Launches
At $168.0b in launches through January 28th, the US institutional leveraged loan market has been off to a hot start in 2026, good for the seventh busiest month of launches on record. Following $57.5b launches during the week ending January 16th, issuers continued to pile into the market. In fact, the $36.8b launched on January 26th was the busiest day of primary market activity since July.
