US Leveraged Loans Return 4.5% Through October Click here to access Bloomberg’s latest Global Leveraged Loan Index Report The Bloomberg US Leveraged Loan Index (Ticker: LOAN) returned 0.11% in October, bringing its year-to-date return to 4.50%. Average secondary market prices on US leveraged loans were 96.75 on October 31st, down from a monthly high of…
Loan Funds See Inflows After Consecutive Weeks of Outflows Click here to access Bloomberg’s US Leveraged Finance Chartbook Retail investors have returned to loan funds following two consecutive weeks of net redemptions. The Invesco Senior Loan ETF (BKLN) recorded $73m in inflows during the week of October 21–28, a reversal from the $704m in outflows…
Leveraged Loan Launches Slow in October Click here to access Bloomberg’s US Leveraged Finance Chartbook At just $36.3b launched into the US institutional leveraged loan market this October through the 21st, it is shaping up to be the slowest month of primary market activity since May. This week has shown some improvement, with 10 deals…
US Leveraged Loans Return 4.38% Through September Click here to access Bloomberg’s latest Global Leveraged Loan Index Report The Bloomberg US Leveraged Loan Index (Ticker: LOAN) returned 0.37% in September, bringing its year-to-date return to 4.38% through the third quarter. Average secondary market prices on US leveraged loans were 96.84 on September 30th after declining…
US Leveraged Loans See Busiest Third Quarter on Record Click here to access Bloomberg’s US Leveraged Finance Chartbook September’s US leveraged loan activity totaled 101 deals for $93.2b, representing a $13.6b increase (17.1%) over August’s $79.6b. However, this marked a $4.2b decline compared to September 2024…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Dividend Loan Issuance Through Q3 Sets New Record Click here to access Bloomberg’s US Leveraged Finance Chartbook Through September 23rd, US institutional loan issuance tied to dividend payments has reached $23.06b, setting a record for the year-to-date period and surpassing the $19.64b in dividend-related volume seen through the same point in 2021…. Subscribe to Read
Leveraged Loan Launches Pick Back Up in September Click here to access Bloomberg’s US Leveraged Finance Chartbook… Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
US Leveraged Loan Returns Cool to 0.32% in August Click here to access Bloomberg’s latest Global Leveraged Loan Index Report The Bloomberg US Leveraged Loan Index (Ticker: LOAN) returned 0.32% in August, bringing its year-to-date return to 4.00%. Average secondary market prices on US leveraged loans were 96.92 on September 9th after declining slightly from…
Issuance Cools from July High but Sets Record for August Following a robust July that saw $200b of institutional leveraged loans price, issuance cooled somewhat in August. At $79.5b across 68 deals, issuance receded 60% from the July high but remained elevated for what is typically a quieter month in the leverage loan market. In…
August Leveraged Loan Launches, by Week The typical “August slowdown” for the leveraged-loan market has yet to materialize, according to data compiled by Bloomberg…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...