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US Leveraged Finance Market Update
          February, 2013
  Steve Miller - Managing Director
S&P/LSTA Index - Average Price
98




96




 94




 91




  89


     1/11   3/11   5/11   7/11   9/11   11/11   1/12   3/12   5/12   7/12   9/12   11/12   1/13

Source: LCD - Leveraged Commentary & Data
Visible Loan Flows (Source: LCD, EPFR)


 $10B
                                            CLO Issuance
                                            Loan Mutual Flows
  $7B




                                                          Text

 $5B




 $2B




-$1B
       2/12    3/12     4/12     5/12     6/12     7/12          8/12   9/12   10/12   11/12   12/12   1/13

       Source: LCD - Leveraged Commentary & Data, EPFR
Average New-Issue Clearing Yield of First Lien Loans
                                                All-BB
                                                All-B
    9%




    8%




    7%




   5%




   4%




   3%
        3/11   5/11    7/11    9/11    11/11   1/12   3/12   5/12   7/12   9/12   11/12   1/13


   Source: LCD - Leveraged Commentary & Data
Covenant-lite Share of New-issue Loan Volume
100%




75%




50%




25%




 0%
  1/11 2/11 3/11 4/11 5/11 6/11 7/11 8/11 9/11 10/1111/1112/11 1/12 2/12 3/12 4/12 5/12 6/12 7/12 8/12 9/12 10/1211/1212/12 1/13

       Source: LCD - Leveraged Commentary & Data
Repricing Volume
$50B




$40B




$30B




$20B




$10B




$0B
  1/11 2/11 3/11 4/11 5/11 6/11 7/11 8/11 9/11 10/1111/1112/11 1/12 2/12 3/12 4/12 5/12 6/12 7/12 8/12 9/12 10/1211/1212/12 1/13

       Source: LCD - Leveraged Commentary & Data
Loan Default Rate

 12%


10%


 7%



5%



2%



0%
 12/98      8/00       4/02      12/03      8/05   4/07   12/08   8/10   1/13

Source: LCD - Leveraged Commentary & Data
Loan Market - Outlook

                 • Deal calendar picking up (Dell LBO)


                 • Demand outlook mixed:

                            > CLOs downshifting

                            > Retail flows strong

                            > Institutional allocations also strong


                 • Macro concerns persist



Source: LCD - Leveraged Commentary & Data
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February 2013, US Leveraged Loan Market Analysis

  • 1. Text US Leveraged Finance Market Update February, 2013 Steve Miller - Managing Director
  • 2. S&P/LSTA Index - Average Price 98 96 94 91 89 1/11 3/11 5/11 7/11 9/11 11/11 1/12 3/12 5/12 7/12 9/12 11/12 1/13 Source: LCD - Leveraged Commentary & Data
  • 3. Visible Loan Flows (Source: LCD, EPFR) $10B CLO Issuance Loan Mutual Flows $7B Text $5B $2B -$1B 2/12 3/12 4/12 5/12 6/12 7/12 8/12 9/12 10/12 11/12 12/12 1/13 Source: LCD - Leveraged Commentary & Data, EPFR
  • 4. Average New-Issue Clearing Yield of First Lien Loans All-BB All-B 9% 8% 7% 5% 4% 3% 3/11 5/11 7/11 9/11 11/11 1/12 3/12 5/12 7/12 9/12 11/12 1/13 Source: LCD - Leveraged Commentary & Data
  • 5. Covenant-lite Share of New-issue Loan Volume 100% 75% 50% 25% 0% 1/11 2/11 3/11 4/11 5/11 6/11 7/11 8/11 9/11 10/1111/1112/11 1/12 2/12 3/12 4/12 5/12 6/12 7/12 8/12 9/12 10/1211/1212/12 1/13 Source: LCD - Leveraged Commentary & Data
  • 6. Repricing Volume $50B $40B $30B $20B $10B $0B 1/11 2/11 3/11 4/11 5/11 6/11 7/11 8/11 9/11 10/1111/1112/11 1/12 2/12 3/12 4/12 5/12 6/12 7/12 8/12 9/12 10/1211/1212/12 1/13 Source: LCD - Leveraged Commentary & Data
  • 7. Loan Default Rate 12% 10% 7% 5% 2% 0% 12/98 8/00 4/02 12/03 8/05 4/07 12/08 8/10 1/13 Source: LCD - Leveraged Commentary & Data
  • 8. Loan Market - Outlook • Deal calendar picking up (Dell LBO) • Demand outlook mixed: > CLOs downshifting > Retail flows strong > Institutional allocations also strong • Macro concerns persist Source: LCD - Leveraged Commentary & Data
  • 9. Follow LCD www.lcdcomps.com news, analysis, research, archives www.linkedin.com/groups/LCD-Leveraged-Loan-Group-2092432 LCD Leveraged Loan Group ... 10,000+ contacts www.twitter.com/lcdnews Headlines, market chatter www.facebook.com/lcdcomps/ Daily Playbook, headlines, video analysis
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