Leveraged Loan Launches Accelerate in July Click here to access Bloomberg’s US Leveraged Finance Chartbook After launching over $33bn into the broadly syndicated US leveraged loan market last week, issuers have continued to jump into the market, with an additional $39.84bn launching so far this week through Wednesday July 16th…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a
US Leveraged Loan Issuance Tops $65bn in June June’s 75 deals for $66b was up $34.4b, or 109%, from the previous month’s $31.6b, but was down $83.6b or 56% from the same month a year ago. It brought the Q2 total to $107.4b across 128 deals for a 68% decline from the first quarter total…
Leveraged loan prices continue to climb in secondary market The Bloomberg US Leveraged Loan Index (Ticker: LOAN) advanced 0.76% in June after a 1.53% gain in May, bringing its year-to-date return to 2.77%…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Leveraged loan prices continue to climb in secondary market Average secondary market prices on US Leveraged loans reached 96.44 on June 25th, the highest level since March 17th according to the Bloomberg US Leveraged Loan Index. So far in June, the index has returned 0.51%, bringing the year-to-date figure to 2.47%…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready
Leveraged Loan Launches Keep Pace as Global Tensions Mount Click here to access Bloomberg’s US Leveraged Finance Chartbook Through June 17th, 59 deals for $47.8b have launched into the US leveraged loan market this month for a 53% improvement from the full month of May figure. Weekly launches exceeded $20bn during the week ending June…
US Leveraged Loan Issuance Picks Up in May, Accelerates in June Click here to access Bloomberg’s US Leveraged Finance Chartbook May’s 41 deals for $31.6b was up $21.4b, or 210% from April’s $10.2b, bringing year-to-date volume to $381b (down 31% from last year). In percentage terms, May’s rebound from April is the strongest since last…
US Leveraged Loans Post Largest Monthly Return Since 2023 Click here to access Bloomberg’s US Leveraged Loan Index Report After a brief pause in its long-running rally, the Bloomberg US Leveraged Loan Index (Ticker: LOAN) advanced 1.53% in May, bringing its YTD return to 1.95%. The gain follows back-to-back losses in March (-0.29%) and April…
US Leveraged Loan Launches Pick Back Up in May To Monitor Upcoming US Institutional Loan Issuance, run PREL <GO> from a Bloomberg Terminal Following a record drought between March 28 and April 16 in which 14 business days passed without the launch of a new US leveraged loan financing, the longest such streak since Bloomberg…
Leveraged loans claw back tariff-driven losses in secondary market It has been a wild ride in the secondary market this year to date, driven by bouts of volatility due to uncertainty over US economic policy. Secondary market bids on US leveraged loans started the year at an average of 97.33 before sliding 329 bps from…
US Leveraged Loans Post Consecutive Monthly Losses Click here to access Bloomberg’s US Leveraged Loan Index Report The Bloomberg US Leveraged Loan Index (Ticker: LOAN), a measure of the US institutional, broadly syndicated, leveraged loan market, continued its downward trend in April…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...