This academic evaluation examined how volatility, supply-demand dynamics and settlement times has impacted market liquidity levels. Presented by: Ted Basta, Executive Vice President of Market Analytics & Investor Strategy, LSTA...
This academic evaluation examined how volatility, supply-demand dynamics and settlement times has impacted market liquidity levels. Presented by: Ted Basta, Executive Vice President of Market Analytics & Investor Strategy, LSTA...
Records are made to be broken, and according to LSTA’s 2Q25 Trade Data Study, they were once again. Second quarter secondary loan trading volume surged to a fresh record $262 billion, 3.4% higher than the first quarter’s previous high and an astonishing 26% above the same time last year.
Our speakers analyzed the secondary loan market, liquidity, and settlement times – with a concentration on the recent spike in volatility and the subsequent record levels of secondary volume. Then the conversation shifted over to settlement mechanics, as they examine credit agreement transfer provisions, primary allocation and secondary trade confirms, Standard Terms & Conditions and...
Our speakers analyzed the secondary loan market, liquidity, and settlement times – with a concentration on the recent spike in volatility and the subsequent record levels of secondary volume. Then the conversation shifted over to settlement mechanics, as they examine credit agreement transfer provisions, primary allocation and secondary trade confirms, Standard Terms & Conditions and...
LSTA's secondary loan trading volume totaled a staggering $82.2 billion in February, up 19% month-over-month and 20% over the LTM average of $68.5 billion. February marked the second busiest month ever in the secondary, following the record-setting $119.3 billion of March 2020 (the onset of COVID). Furthermore, February activity came in 3% higher than October...
According the LSTA’s Ted Basta, 2024 annual secondary loan trading volume soared 15% to a near record $821.4 billion, the largest year-over-year increase in a decade. 2023 though, was an off-year as volumes fell 13% to a six-year low of $715 billion. Even still, 2024’s $821 billion in activity came in just $3 billion short
