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  Leveraged Loans

  November Wrap: Leveraged loans gain 1.22%; YTD 11.48% return is best since 2009

  December 6, 2023

  Loans have gained close to or above 1% in seven of the last 11 months, with only three months in the red. As a result, loans were up 11.48% in 2023, through November.

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  Leveraged Loans

  In best year since Financial Crisis, US leveraged loan returns top 10%

  September 14, 2023

  Returns in the leveraged loan market have surged as interest rates have climbed to levels not seen since before the Global Financial Crisis.

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  Leveraged Loans

  US Leveraged Loan Wrap: Market rally continues as returns soar, dividends emerge

  September 10, 2023

  August was another strong month for the leveraged loan asset class, as the market returned 1.17%, putting it on pace for its best year since the Global Financial Crisis.

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  Leveraged Loans

  Leveraged loans outperforming other fixed-income classes in strongest year since GFC

  August 8, 2023

  The $1.4 trillion U.S. leveraged loan market extended its rally in July, returning a solid 1.3% and opening the door to ‘opportunistic’ transactions, such as PE dividends and repricings.

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  Leveraged Loans

  June US Leveraged Loan Market Wrap: Returns soar as rates rise, though trouble spots abound

  July 10, 2023

  Against a challenging backdrop the US leveraged loan asset class has performed well in 2023. It will have to navigate choppy waters during the remainder of the year, however.

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  Leveraged Loans

  As credit markets tighten, leveraged loan segment revisits some Financial Crisis levels

  June 19, 2023

  Leveraged loan borrowing rates have soared, usually-aggressive investors are shying away from risk and issuance has dwindled. It might not be a full-blown credit crunch, but how bad is it?

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  Leveraged Loans

  US leveraged loans return 0.58% in February as riskiest names outperform

  February 28, 2023

  Despite late-month volatility the U.S. leveraged loan asset class showed positive returns in February, with loan investors like CLOs demonstrating increased appetite for risk.

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  Leveraged Loans

  Amid distress, European leveraged loan, high yield defaults remain low

  October 17, 2022

  Distress levels in European leveraged loans have risen to 6.5%, the highest point since May 2020, in the aftermath of the pandemic sell-off.

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  Leveraged Loans

  In rebound, US leveraged loans see biggest gain in 2 years

  October 4, 2022

  The 0.57% advance brings the year-to-date return for the asset class to negative 2.65%, according to the Morningstar LSTA Leveraged Loan index.

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  European leveraged loans post another hefty daily loss

  October 2, 2022

  The 0.38% loss was the latest in a string of serious declines in the European leveraged loan asset class, which has lost 6.34% YTD.

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  US leveraged loan market plunges again in largest two-day drop of Q3

  September 25, 2022

  These outsized leveraged loan declines, in what traditionally is a less-volatile asset class, marks the largest two-day drop for the segment since June.

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