Bloomberg: Leveraged Lending Insights – 12/15/2025

Sponsors Tap Leveraged Loan Market for Dividend Payouts at Record Pace

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With just two weeks before the start of the new year, dividend issuance has reached an all-time high in the US leveraged loan market. At $32.9b year-to-date, new money issuance supporting dividends surpassed 2021’s $28.9b figure for the most on record since Bloomberg began tracking the data in 2013.