Created by the Leveraged Commentary & Data (LCD) team at S&P Capital IQ, the LSTA provides an overview of the Senior Secured, Floating Rate Leveraged Loan market as well as an expansive review of the S&P Leveraged Loan Index (LLI) and sub-indexes including daily pricing on the S&P/LSTA LLI 100.
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S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index Analysis: May 2021
Prices in the U.S. leveraged loan trading market continued to advance in May as investors’ search for yield added fuel to the rally within the…
S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index Analysis: April 2021
The U.S. leveraged loan market resumed its rally in April after hitting pause in March, despite a notable boost in the net supply of new…
S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index Analysis: March 2021
An 11-month rally in the U.S. leveraged loan market secondary market stalled out in March, as the S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index returns were virtually flat,…
S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index Analysis: February 2021
U.S. leveraged loan investors in February faced the highest monthly supply shortage on record, despite what feels like the busiest primary market in over a…
S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index Analysis: January 2021
Investor demand outpaced the supply of U.S. leveraged loans in January, sending prices in the trading market beyond pre-pandemic levels. Multiple metrics make clear that…
S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index Analysis: December 2020
It was an especially wild rollercoaster ride for the usually steady U.S. leveraged loan market in 2020. The S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index gained 0.77% in…
S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index Analysis: November 2020
The U.S. leveraged loan secondary market mounted an impressive rally in November amid positive news regarding a coronavirus vaccine.
S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index Analysis: October 2020
The U.S. leveraged loan secondary market was in a relative holding pattern in October. The year-to-date return briefly turned positive, before a decline in prices…
S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index Analysis: September 2020
Year-to-date returns in the U.S. leveraged loan market clawed their way back to positive territory in mid-September, for the first time since February, though the…
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