Q1 of this year quickly became one of the busiest quarters for new issuance in the Leveraged Finance markets, which was a welcome relief from the overall anemic market in 2023. In our latest Markets Mindset discussion, Mizuho Investment & Corporate Banking’s Head of Leveraged Loan Capital Markets, Jackson Merchant, and Head of High Yield Capital Markets, Phil Tamplin, provide their takeaways from Q1 on trends in the Leveraged Finance markets. Mizuho’s Jeb Slowik leads this discussion on High Yield and Leveraged Loan market trends and whether issuers should consider repricing going forward into the rest of the year.
Part 1: An analysis of Q1 trends in Leveraged Finance Markets