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Understanding and Tracking Leveraged Loans
How are benchmarks like the S&P UBS Leveraged Loan Index and S&P UBS Western European Leveraged Loan Index helping bring transparency to one of the largest fixed income markets? Take a fundamental look at leveraged loans with Marco Pouw, S&P DJI’s Director of Fixed Income Indices.
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Looking at Trends in the S&P UBS Leveraged Loan Index
Leveraged loans are playing an increasingly prominent role within the high yield landscape, with data from S&P Dow Jones Indices showing that the U.S. leveraged loan market has grown from nearly USD 400 million to USD 1.5 trillion over the last decade.1 The expansion of the broader loan ecosystem has naturally increased the importance and…
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Full Circle: The Resilience of Leveraged Finance
After Q1 2025 began with positive momentum, Q2 has seen some of the largest bouts of volatility in the recent past. The April 2 tariff announcements sent markets on a series of extraordinary swings. On April 8, the S&P 500® was down 15% YTD and VIX® spiked to 52.33.1 However, positive trade developments that followed…
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