According to the LSTA’s Hugo Pereira, broadly syndicated loans (BSL) followed other risk assets into negative territory in March, as markets buckled under a stream of new tariff announcements from the White House. Returns for BSL slumped to -0.31%, according to the Morningstar LSTA Leveraged Loan Index (LLI), the first negative reading since October 2023 and the worst monthly performance since September 2022, as the average price for loans in the secondary declined by 84 basis points, including 20 basis points on March 31, the largest daily decline since August 2024. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eY3DpY3a
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Supporting the growth of the corporate loan market through leadership, advocacy, education, and insights.
About us
Our Mission: To promote a fair, orderly and efficient corporate loan market and provide leadership in advancing the interests of all market participants. Since 1995, the LSTA (previously the Loan Syndications and Trading Association) has been dedicated to improving liquidity and transparency in the floating rate corporate loan market. As the principal advocate for this asset class, we aim to foster fair and consistent market practices to advance the interest of the marketplace as a whole and promote the highest degree of confidence for investors in floating rate corporate loans. The LSTA undertakes a variety of activities to foster the development of policies and market practices designed to promote just and equitable marketplace principles and to encourage coordination with firms facilitating transactions in loans and related claims. Building Consensus, Driving Change: The LSTA serves the public interest by providing a forum for market participants to jointly formulate market practices and influence the direction of the industry. By promulgating standard market practices and creating a better flow of information within the loan syndication and trading marketplace, we foster greater market efficiency and liquidity. The LSTA plays a pivotal role in monitoring and bringing consensus to this fast-growing and fast-changing asset class by acting as a forum for the analysis and discussion of issues and developments. The LSTA is a proud member of the SASB Alliance.
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- Industry
- Financial Services
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- New York, NY
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1995
- Specialties
- Senior Secured Loans
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New York, NY 10017, US
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Updates
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One week to go! Register now for the LSTA Operations & Technology Conference on April 9th at the Hilton Philadelphia at Penn's Landing. Join us to discuss the industry's best practices, technologies, and regulations for the broadly syndicated loan and private credit markets. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eRnQrup7 #loans #credit #markets
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Registration is still open for The 2025 LSTA Operations & Technology Conference! Join us on April 9th at the Hilton Philadelphia at Penn’s Landing to network and collaborate on topics relating to the broadly syndicated loan and private credit markets. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eRnQrup7 #loans #credit #markets
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On March 26, the LSTA, Loan Market Association (LMA) and APLMA (Asia Pacific Loan Market Association) published newly updated 2025 versions of their foundational sustainable finance frameworks – the Green Loan Principles, Social Loan Principles, Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles and related Guidance. These revisions seek to uphold the global applicability of the standards and reflect market best practices across the sustainable loan space. The LSTA’s Elizabeth Yazgi discusses the updates in more detail here: https://lnkd.in/egnHACRT #loans #sustainability #markets
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Day 2 of the NAIC Spring National Meeting featured updates from the Valuation of Securities and RBC Model Governance Task Forces. The LSTA's Andrew Berlin provides high level summaries here: https://lnkd.in/eQuD2xsa #Securities #loans #markets
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The NAIC’s RBC-IRE WG met yesterday at the Spring National Meeting in Indianapolis, providing an update on the Structured Securities RBC project and hearing comments on the RBC Principles for Bond Funds presentation. The LSTA’s Andrew Berlin details takeaways here: https://lnkd.in/ezzMn6RD #bonds #securities #funds
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So, it may not be an official holiday, but it should be! Keep your operations professionals informed and engaged, send them to the LSTA Operations Conference – April 9, 2025, at the Philadelphia Hilton. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eYmRa62D #technology #loans #markets
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On Monday, March 17, the LSTA joined a letter submitted to the SEC by a group of trade associations which summarizes the industry’s concerns about compliance with Rule 192 “Conflicts of Interest Relating to Certain Securitizations”. The Associations have asked the SEC to consider avenues for relief with respect to the Rule in light of the implementation issues it presents. The LSTA’s Elizabeth Yazgi discusses the Letter here: https://lnkd.in/eu5fJcHM #SEC #securitization #markets
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According the LSTA’s Theodore Basta, secondary loan trading volume totaled a staggering $82.2 billion in February, up 19% month-over-month and 20% over the LTM average of $68.5 billion. February marked the second busiest month ever in the secondary, following the record-setting $119.3 billion of March 2020. Find out why here: https://lnkd.in/eFe2aVaS #loans #trading #markets
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The LSTA's Elizabeth Yazgi is delighted to share inaugural drafting guidance and model language for green loans and the agents that structure these facilities. These are invaluable resources for the broad spectrum of entities engaged in sustainable finance today. Read more on the drafting guidance here: https://lnkd.in/dB7_bc8F #loans #credit #markets