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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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Finding Fee Savings in Fixed Income
One of the benefits of indexing is its low cost relative to active management. As indexing has grown, investors have benefited substantially by saving on fees and avoiding active underperformance. These benefits are not limited just to equities but have also extended to other asset classes including the fixed income space, where fees can play…
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Active Managers: No Place to Hide
In the first quarter of 2020, the global economy experienced not a slowdown, but a shutdown. As COVID-19 swept the world, outsized market movements became the new norm. The S&P 500® finished its worst quarter (-19.6%) since 2008’s global financial crisis. International equities fared even worse as the S&P International 700 lost 22.4%. While investors…
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S&P 500 Companies Issued USD 775 Billion of Bonds in 2017
2017 was the sixth consecutive year of record U.S. corporate bond issuances, as companies continued to take advantage of the accommodative environment created by low interest rates and strong investor demand. As measured by the S&P 500® Bond Index, 325 companies came to market for a total of over USD 775 billion in 2017. Approximately…
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A Review of the Financial Markets in 2013
As part of its ongoing review of the financial markets in 2013, S&P Dow Jones Indices recently published four video interviews with senior index analysts that examine the drivers of market performance in 2013 and the news and events that could impact returns in 2014. Market segments discussed during these interviews include: the U.S. equity…
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