CREDIT COMMENTARY
Jan 02, 2018
Strong 2017 for Syndicated Loan Trading
2017 was a strong year for the secondary loan trading market, according to the Q4 data snapshot report from IHS Markit.
Quarterly report highlights include:
- Index Trend: iBoxx USD Leveraged Loan Index returns rise to 3.29%
- Secondary Market Loan Pricing Trend: Global bid prices show little movement this quarter
- Global Loan Sector Trend: Spreads in the EU increased for Basic Materials, Consumer Services, Industrials and Utilities
- US CLO Trend: 2.0 AAAs are now trading inside of 100 bps, down more than 30 bps from the start of Q4
- Secondary Loan Settlement Trend: Year-end notional volume soars to $715bn
The full report may be downloaded below.
Timothy Barello, Corporate Communications
Tel: +1 646 679 3463
timothy.barello@ihsmarkit.com
S&P Global provides industry-leading data, software and technology platforms and managed services to tackle some of the most difficult challenges in financial markets. We help our customers better understand complicated markets, reduce risk, operate more efficiently and comply with financial regulation.
This article was published by S&P Global Market Intelligence and not by S&P Global Ratings, which is a separately managed division of S&P Global.
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