Credit Markets Update Q1 2024

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Credit Markets Update Q1 2024

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Opportunistic borrowers dominated the market during the first quarter of 2024 as new-issue spreads declined to multi-year lows amidst improved sentiment in the broadly syndicated loan market

  • First quarter new-issue leveraged loan volume reached $167.9 billion during the first quarter of 2024, a significant uptick from $72.0 billion in the same period in 2023, and surpassing the volume level during the first quarter of 2022
  • During the first quarter, sponsors focused their activity on refinancing and dividend recaps, recording $51.0 billion and $18.0 billion, respectively
  • Refinancing activity continued to be the main driver in first quarter volume with $86.1 billion printed, a strong increase from $31.4 billion during the same period last year
  • Extension and Repricing activity, which is not included in new-issue loan volume statistics, also recorded a new peak at $183.5 billion during the quarter

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