Chart of the Week

Attendees at last week’s Fitch/LPC Loan and CLO Conference said Fed’s rate inaction was most surprising market news so far…

Almost two-thirds of middle market leveraged loans have two or more maintenance covenants; only 2.5% of middle market loans are…

Thanks to Brexit, market watchers now think the probability of a Fed rate cut this year outweighs that of a…

The larger the borrower size, the more time lenders allow companies to realize synergies, and the greater the Ebitda adjustments.…

US interest rate policy is captured in a feedback loop as Fed lets exogenous worries undermine future action. Source: BofA…

Buy-and-hold middle market loans (“MM Club/Private TLB”) don’t typically trade among holders, so are less subject to abrupt price swings.…

Leveraged loan issuers have maintained solid cash flow growth for the past four years, as the economy continues to muddle…

Almost two-thirds of all US CLO vehicles exit their reinvestment periods during 2017-19, leaving demand gap. US CLOs outstanding by…

Middle market and large cap LBOs totaled thirteen so far this quarter; there were sixty for 2Q 2015. Source: Thomson…

With one month of the second quarter behind us, the forward calendar for all syndicated loans remains below last year’s…