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# Syndicated Bank Loan Market Summary - Week Ending 8/17/18

[Michael Pellerito](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-pellerito/), August 20, 2018

Solve Advisor's **weekly loan newsletter** highlights trends in the Syndicated Bank Loan market.

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## Solve has aggregated and organized key trends derived from observable loan price data for the period between Friday, August 10th - Friday, August 17th.  In the tables and charts below, you'll find:

1. [Top 10 Loan Price Winners](https://blog.solvefixedincome.com/syndicated-bank-loan-market-summary/aug-20-2018#winners)
2. [Top 10 Loan Price Losers](https://blog.solvefixedincome.com/syndicated-bank-loan-market-summary/aug-20-2018#Top10Losers)
3. [Average Bid Price](https://blog.solvefixedincome.com/syndicated-bank-loan-market-summary/aug-20-2018#AvBidPX) (By industry sector)
4. [Market Sentiment](https://blog.solvefixedincome.com/syndicated-bank-loan-market-summary/aug-20-2018#Sentiment)
5. [Top Quote Volume Movers](https://blog.solvefixedincome.com/syndicated-bank-loan-market-summary/aug-20-2018#Movers)
6. [Most Quoted Loans](https://blog.solvefixedincome.com/syndicated-bank-loan-market-summary/aug-20-2018#MostQuoted)
7. [Bid and Offer Volume](https://blog.solvefixedincome.com/syndicated-bank-loan-market-summary/aug-20-2018#BidOfferVolume)
8. [Bid Offer Spread ](https://blog.solvefixedincome.com/syndicated-bank-loan-market-summary/aug-20-2018#Spread) (By industry sector)

 

| **TOP 10 WINNERS** |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Rank** | **Loan** | **Chg** | **Price** | **Price - 1W** |
| **1** | **LIGHTSQUARED EXIT 2ND LIEN TL** | **2.90%** | **30.87** | **30.00** |
| **2** | **KLOECKNER TL B** | **1.37%** | **96.64** | **95.33** |
| **3** | **JCREW TL B** | **2.49%** | **87.87** | **85.73** |
| **4** | **LUCID ENERGY TL B** | **1.25%** | **98.21** | **97.00** |
| **5** | **NEIMAN MARCUS TL B** | **1.21%** | **92.37** | **91.26** |
| **6** | **UNILABS EUR TL B** | **0.92%** | **98.79** | **97.89** |
| **7** | **ASURION 2ND LIEN TL** | **0.76%** | **102.95** | **102.17** |
| **8** | **DIVERSEY EUR TL** | **0.72%** | **98.72** | **98.01** |
| **9** | **UNILABS EUR TL B** | **0.70%** | **99.35** | **98.67** |
| **10** | **VERALLIA EUR TL B4** | **0.58%** | **99.70** | **99.12** |

- Showcases the top 10 loan "winners" based on the largest bid price increases for the period between 8/10/18 - 8/17/18

| **TOP 10 LOSERS** |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Rank** | **Loan** | **Chg** | **Price** | **Price - 1W** |
| **1** | **RENTPATH 2ND LIEN TL** | **-28.70%** | **54.49** | **76.42** |
| **2** | **DUEMMEN ORANGE EUR TL** | **-4.18%** | **81.92** | **85.50** |
| **3** | **BUCCANEER 2ND LIEN TL** | **-2.41%** | **96.47** | **98.85** |
| **4** | **COTY EUR TL B** | **-1.59%** | **97.75** | **99.33** |
| **5** | **COTY TL B** | **-1.56%** | **98.01** | **99.57** |
| **6** | **HELIX GENERATION TL B** | **-1.30%** | **97.75** | **99.04** |
| **7** | **IHEART TL D** | **-1.29%** | **75.52** | **76.50** |
| **8** | **COTY EUR TL A** | **-1.25%** | **97.88** | **99.12** |
| **9** | **UNIMIN CORP TL** | **-0.98%** | **98.90** | **99.87** |
| **10** | **REFRESCO HOLDING TL B** | **-0.98%** | **98.75** | **99.73** |

- Showcases the top 10 loan "losers" based on the largest bid price decreases for the period between 8/10/18 - 8/17/18

 

 ![Avg Bid PX by Sector](https://blog.solvefixedincome.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Loan%20Summaries/2018-8-20/Avg%20Bid%20PX%20by%20Sector.png?width=640&name=Avg%20Bid%20PX%20by%20Sector.png)

 

- Displays the average loan bid price by sector for the period between 8/10/18 - 8/17/18 
    - Results are based on 5 select industry sectors, however, we offer data across 36 sectors

  

![Sentiment](https://blog.solvefixedincome.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Loan%20Summaries/2018-8-20/Sentiment.png?width=640&name=Sentiment.png)

- Reveals the percent of loans increasing in price *(advancers)* vs. loans decreasing in price *(decliners)* for the period between 8/10/18 - 8/17/18

| **TOP QUOTE VOLUME MOVERS: THIS WEEK vs LAST WEEK** |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **RANK** | **TRANCHE** | **PRIOR WEEK** | **THIS WEEK** | **INCREASE** | **% INCREASE** |
| **1** | **VERIFONE TL B** | **4** | **37** | **33** | **825%** |
| **2** | **VISTRA ENERGY TL B3** | **42** | **70** | **28** | **67%** |
| **3** | **FORESIGHT ENERGY TL** | **4** | **30** | **26** | **650%** |
| **4** | **MULTIPLAN TL B** | **41** | **66** | **25** | **61%** |
| **5** | **VERIFONE 2ND LIEN TL** | **4** | **28** | **24** | **600%** |
| **6** | **APEX TOOLS TL B** | **38** | **62** | **24** | **63%** |
| **7** | **ARBYS TL B** | **17** | **39** | **22** | **129%** |
| **8** | **DELL TL B** | **70** | **92** | **22** | **31%** |
| **9** | **GTT COMMUNICATIONS TL B** | **30** | **51** | **21** | **70%** |
| **10** | **IMMUCOR TL** | **2** | **23** | **21** | **1050%** |

- Exhibits the loans with the largest increase in quote volume for the week ending 8/10/18 vs. the week ending 8/17/18

| **MOST QUOTED LOANS** |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **RANK** | **TRANCHE** | **DEALERS** |
| **1** | **MISYS TL B** | **9** |
| **2** | **DELL TL B** | **9** |
| **3** | **REYNOLDS GROUP TL B** | **9** |
| **4** | **VISTRA ENERGY TL B1** | **9** |
| **5** | **NUMERICABLE TL B11** | **8** |
| **6** | **NUMERICABLE TL B12** | **8** |
| **7** | **SPRINGER NATURE TL B13** | **8** |
| **8** | **ALLISON TRANSMISSION TL B** | **8** |
| **9** | **KRONOS TL B** | **8** |
| **10** | **TRANSDIGM INC TL F** | **8** |

- Ranks the loans that were quoted by the highest number of dealers for the period between 8/10/18 - 8/17/18

 

 ![Bid and Offer Volume v2](https://blog.solvefixedincome.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Bid%20and%20Offer%20Volume%20v2.png?width=640&name=Bid%20and%20Offer%20Volume%20v2.png)

- Reveals the total number of quotes by bid and offer for the period between 8/10/18 - 8/17/18

 

 ![Sector Bid Offer Spread](https://blog.solvefixedincome.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Loan%20Summaries/2018-8-20/Sector%20Bid%20Offer%20Spread.png?width=640&name=Sector%20Bid%20Offer%20Spread.png)

- Displays the bid-offer spread by sector between 8/10/18 - 8/17/18 
    - Results are based on 5 select industry sectors, however, we offer data across 36 sectors

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