The US leveraged loan market ended 2024 with multiple entries in the record books.
US leveraged loans closed 2023 on a high note.
As 2022 ended, it closed the door on a tumultuous time for the US leveraged loan market.
The US leveraged loan market closed out the third quarter on a sour note, amid a darkening outlook for the economy and increased volatility across the capital markets in late September.
In the second half of March the U.S. secondary loan market reclaimed some of the losses sustained since Russia invaded Ukraine.
Borrower-friendly conditions were on display in the leveraged loan market in September as institutional loan issuance continued at a record pace.
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 riskiest corners of the market....
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 year....
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 loan issuers are now firmly in the driver’s seat: yields on new term loans have fallen to decade-long lows, repricings of existing loans outnumber new-money deals, and virtually all price...

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