Posts by LSEG
Refinitiv LPC’s Quarterly Lender Survey: Are you able to adequately engage with your clients/co-workers?
As more people are heading into the office, six percent of large corporate buyside and sellside lenders surveyed by Refinitiv…
Read MoreMiddle market cov-lite volume reaches highest level since 4Q19
Middle market covenant-lite volume was tracked at US$1.71bn in 2Q21, the highest level since 4Q19’s mark of US$1.75bn. Totals represented…
Read More2Q21 middle market syndicated loan volume of US$46bn was at its highest since 2Q18
The syndicated middle market was at full speed in 2Q21 with volume soaring to its highest level in 3 years…
Read More2Q21 M&A loan volume nearly 3 times year ago totals; 1H21 volume two times 1H20 results
Nearly US$175bn in M&A loan volume was completed in 2Q21, a 40% increase over 1Q21 results and almost three times…
Read More1H21 U.S. loan volume up 58% y-o-y; Second highest total on record
U.S. arrangers pushed almost US$1.466trn through the retail syndication in 1H21, a 58% increase over the same period last year…
Read MoreBusiness services is top sector for US syndicated mid-market loan volume so far this year
Through deals of June 18, year-to-date syndicated middle market volume totals US$60.2bn, 30% higher than the US$46.3bn recorded during the…
Read MoreAt $167.3bn 2Q21TD institutional activity trails 1Q21 levels
With two weeks left in 2Q, the pace of institutional loan issuance has eased from 1Q21 bull market levels to…
Read MoreA handful of larger BDCs failed to cover dividend in 1Q21
Larger BDCs, including Owl Rock and Ares Capital Corp, saw lower net investment income levels for 1Q21, raising concerns over…
Read MoreGlobal ESG-linked institutional loan volume sets steady pace in 2021
In a testament to the broadening reach of Sustainability linked lending, the global loan market has been tapped with over…
Read MoreUS syndicated middle market activity picks up the pace in 2Q21
At over US$26bn through May 19, US syndicated middle market volume is just US$3bn shy of 1Q21’s full quarter level.…
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