Leveraged loan volume tumbles in 3Q18;

Arrangers back end jumbo deals to September

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Despite the strong market technicals which continued to define the US loan market, 3Q18 leveraged loan volume tumbled 57% quarter over quarter with US$176.6bn of assets completed in retail syndication. Some of this was not altogether surprising given the traditional slowdown during the summer months, but there was also a bit of a backstory. After some investor rumblings