Leveraged loan market data snapshot Q4 2019
Total returns for leveraged loan and high yield corporate bond indices continued to grow this quarter, but were outperformed by our investment grade corporate bond index. Secondary market loan price bids rose in the EU, dipped in the US, and dropped significantly in Asia. The full report can be downloaded below.
Q4 report highlights include:
- Loan Index Trend: Total returns for IHS Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Leveraged Loan Index up 2.29% in Q4
- Bond Index Trend: Total returns for IHS Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index up 2.86% in Q4
- Pricing Trend: Average secondary market bids drop significantly in Asia
- Top Advancers/Decliners: US and EU
- CLO Trend: Average AAAs tighten slightly in the fourth quarter
- Trade settlement efficiency: (T+) trend and trade settlement volume
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