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  Leveraged Loans

  European Leveraged Finance Survey: Macro anxiety outweighs credit risk

  July 22, 2026

  Market participants expect stability in credit, though sentiment remains fractured on macro risks.

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  Leveraged Loans

  CoreWeave launches $2.6B term loan to support acquisition of GPUs

  July 17, 2026

  The GPUs and other components will provide compute capacity for companies such as Anthropic, Jane Street, Midjourney, and Hudson River Trading, among others.

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  Leveraged Loans

  Leveraged loan issuers lean in to amend-and-extend deals to push back maturities

  July 17, 2026

  Six A-to-E transactions from the software sector closed in the first half of 2026, totaling roughly $9 billion.

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  Leveraged Loans

  Blackstone’s QTS secures upsized $3.25B leveraged loan

  July 17, 2026

  The deal for the data center operator more than tripled in size from the initial launch.

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  Private Credit

  Europe’s banks deploy SRT scalpel across private credit exposures

  July 15, 2026

  Synthetic risk transfers are being used across a range of transactions.

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  Leveraged Loans

  Leveraged loan default rate dips below 1% in June, though distress ratio rises

  July 10, 2026

  PitchBook LCD’s Default Predictor estimates a six-month forward default rate of 1.69% by issuer count on legacy defaults.

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  Leveraged Loans

  Carrix launches $3B loan financing partly backing dividend to shareholders, PE sponsor

  July 10, 2026

  Loan issuance backing dividends has gained momentum as investors rush to new money opportunities in a market dominated by refinancings.

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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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  Leveraged Loans

  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 Loans

  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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