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  Leveraged Loans

  Q2 Leveraged Loan Market Wrap: PE drought, software rout forge divided market of haves, have-nots

  June 30, 2026

  PE sponsors were in balance-sheet defense mode, using refinancings, extensions, and repricings to manage portfolio company liabilities rather than putting new capital to work.

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  Q2 US Leveraged Finance Survey: Software, inflation remain in the crosshairs

  June 30, 2026

  Seventy-one percent of respondents named Software as the sector least favorable for credit investment opportunities in H2.

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  Leveraged Loans

  ETFs lead growth in loan fund AUM as outlook on lending rates shifts

  June 26, 2026

  Within loan funds, ETFs have gained significant market share since the launch of the Invesco Senior Loan ETF (BKLN) in March 2011.

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  Private Credit

  Europe’s private credit market splits as prized assets take the spoils

  June 23, 2026

  The best assets draw fierce competition from lenders, while a backlog of companies struggle to find buyers.

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  Leveraged Loans

  Leveraged loan issuers increase amend-and-extend deals to take out credit facilities

  June 17, 2026

  Amend-and-extend loan volume jumped to $25.4 billion in May, a high for any month since June 2024.

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  Leveraged Loans

  Technical tidal wave drives European loan spreads to nine-year tights

  June 17, 2026

  With new-issue supply expected to stay thin ahead of the late-summer break, there are signs that pricing is testing the limits of investor tolerance.

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  Leveraged loan dividend recap deals back in play

  June 12, 2026

  Private equity firms have turned to dividend recaps in recent years as they have held portfolio companies for longer amid a challenging exit environment.

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  Leveraged Loans

  Software loses its throne in the leveraged loan market

  June 5, 2026

  Healthcare has claimed the top spot in institutional loan issuance for the first time since 2015, accounting for a record 14% of volume so far in 2026.

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  CLOs

  Captive equity boom rewrites rules for Europe’s CLO and leveraged loan markets

  June 5, 2026

  Captive CLO equity funds are generating interest in the leveraged finance space.

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  Leveraged Loans

  Steady returns mask a leveraged loan market pulling in two directions

  June 3, 2026

  Distressed and stressed paper combined accounts for roughly 12% of loans, while the par-plus share remains near 40%, underscoring a growing divide between stronger and weaker credits.

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  Distressed & Defaults

  Dual-track leveraged loan default rate jumps amid heavy LME activity

  June 3, 2026

  The PitchBook LCD six-month forward default projection is 1.86% by issuer count.

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  Leveraged Loans

  Warner Bros./Paramount Skydance deal spawns $15B leveraged loan, largest since Global Financial Crisis

  May 28, 2026

  The deal brings corporate M&A loan volume to $15.1 billion in May, more than the combined total from January-April.

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  Leveraged Loans

  Earnings soar for leveraged loan issuers in Q1, powering swiftest growth since 2022

  May 27, 2026

  EBITDA grew by 9% among publicly filing leveraged loan issuers, though the share of issuers flashing warning signs also ticked up, suggesting market bifurcation.

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  Leveraged Loans

  Warner Bros. Discovery increases leveraged loan backing Paramount Skydance deal atop $10B

  May 22, 2026

  Proceeds refinance part of a $15 billion bridge facility supporting Paramount’s acquisition of WBD.

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  Leveraged Loans

  Software borrower Sophos eyes $2.6B syndicated loan amendment after testing private credit

  May 22, 2026

  The long-running tug-of-war between the private credit market and the broadly syndicated loan market over takeouts has favored the banks of late.

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  Private Credit

  Private credit spreads in spotlight on both sides of Atlantic as market dynamics shift

  May 20, 2026

  Publicly traded BDCs have been increasingly returning capital to investors through share buybacks instead of investing it in loans.

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  Leveraged Loans

  As market enters post SaaS-pocalypse thaw, leveraged loan repricing window opens (for some borrowers)

  May 15, 2026

  Higher-rated borrowers and those with limited AI disruption exposure are placing opportunistic deals as investors draw sharper distinctions between credits.

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  Leveraged Loans

  BASF Coatings wraps multibillion dollar LBO loan after slashing borrowing costs during syndication

  May 8, 2026

  Proceeds support Carlyle’s €7.7 billion acquisition of BASF’s automotive OEM coatings, automotive refinish coatings and surface treatment businesses.

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