Posts by LSEG
Market Survey: slowing pace of demand expected well into 2Q
More than half of buyside and sellside players surveyed by LPC at quarter-end said that the pace of new CLO…
Read More1Q19 Syndicated loan volume down 36% y-o-y; Weakest results in 3 years
1Q19 marked an uneven start to the US loan market calendar with less than US$400bn of volume working its way…
Read MorePrimary yields widen to highest levels since 4Q11
1Q19 yields on first-lien institutional term loans are at their highest level in over eight years. At 7.66%, the average…
Read MoreGlobal green loan volume tops US$10bn ytd, shadowing record 2018 pace
At a pace reminiscent of the record setting US$59.5bn total set in 2018, 2019 green loan issuance topped US$10.0bn so…
Read MoreUS investors displayed more caution on riskier loans in February
Overall, flex activity in the US institutional loan market favored issuers in February with LPC’s Flex Factor tracking 15 deals…
Read MorePrivately placed second-lien issuance picks up this quarter
So far this quarter there is US5.2bn in completed and pipeline second-lien issuance, well below the US$8bn level it has…
Read MoreBDC returns superior so far in 2019
If you were not buying BDC stocks in the dip in December, you are probably feeling remorse because BDC returns…
Read MoreGlobal green loan volume nearly US$6bn one month into 2019
Barely five weeks into the new year, nearly US$6bn in green and ESG loan financings have worked their way through…
Read MoreFlex activity in the US institutional loan market snaps back to favoring issuers again
Flex activity in the US institutional loan market snapped back to being issuer friendly in January, after December heavily leaned…
Read MoreHighly levered middle market issuers could struggle if rates continue to rise
Throughout most of this credit cycle, the Libor benchmark rate has remained extremely low making it quite easy for issuers…
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