1Q25 Loan Trading Volume Spikes to a Record $253B
According to the LSTA’s Ted Basta, “Secondary loan trading volume totaled a staggering $102 billion in March, up 24% month-over-month and 45% over the LTM…
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High Rates, Resilient Assets Drive Direct Lending Returns in 2024
Resilient portfolio performance and elevated base rates drove returns for U.S. direct lending loans higher into the fourth quarter and throughout last year, despite tighter…
LSTA Member Firm Survey Shows U.S. Private Corporate Credit Market Has Grown To More Than $1.5 Trillion, Affirms Funds Employ Modest, Stable Leverage
The “LSTA”), the trade association for the U.S. corporate lending market, today released a report detailing data from its landmark survey on the U.S. private…
BDC Quarterly Wrap: 4Q24
The BDC Quarterly Wrap highlights select data points to provide a readout on BDC growth, structure, financing and asset quality. For context, growth data includes…
Market Sell-Off Leads BSL to Worst Return in Two and a Half Years
Broadly syndicated loans (BSL) followed other risk assets into negative territory in March, as markets buckled under a stream of new tariff announcements from the…
LSTA Submits Letter to HFSC on Capital Formation
On Monday, March 31st, the LSTA submitted a letter to the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) advocating for expanded access to private corporate credit for defined contribution…
Global Loan Market Associations Publish Updated Sustainable Finance Frameworks
Yesterday, the LSTA, Loan Market Association (the “LMA”) and Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (“APLMA”) (collectively, the “Associations”) published updated versions of the Green Loan Principles,…
2025 NAIC Spring National Meeting: Status Reports From Valuation of Securities, RBC Model Governance Task Forces
As part of the Valuation of Securities Task Force’s meeting today at the NAIC Spring National Meeting, Structured Securities Group (SSG) Director Eric Kolchinsky provided…
NAIC Shares Update on Structured Securities RBC Project at Spring National Meeting
The NAIC’s Risk-Based Capital (RBC) Investment Risk and Evaluation Working Group convened this morning at the NAIC’s Spring National Meeting in Indianapolis. The agenda included…
February Secondary Loan Trading Volumes Spike Above $80B, For Just The 2nd Time Ever!
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.
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