FTSL News and Press, First Trust Senior Loan Fund From 12/03/23

2023-12-03 06:42:06 ET Summary Rising delinquencies signal the U.S. entered the next default cycle. Stress emerging from several credit sectors. Mass debt maturity wall threatens to escalate the defaults. Higher for longer has consequences. Debt structure - lever...

2023-11-28 11:20:00 ET Summary Banks are retrenching amid liquidity constraints, regulatory scrutiny, and higher cost structures. In the wake of a bank retreat, demand for capital has outstripped supply, reducing competition in many markets and creating new opportunities and a pot...

2023-11-20 12:58:29 ET Summary The majority of debt was refinanced and fixed at low rates during 2020-2021. FED rate hikes haven't affected the interest paid on much of the debt yet. The mass debt maturity wall starting in 2024 has significant implications. Debt refinancin...

2023-11-17 12:11:51 ET Summary SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF provides exposure to senior loans and aims to generate current income while preserving capital. Senior loans are high-yield debt obligations backed by the borrower's assets, offering protection against inflation but ca...

2023-11-16 18:25:00 ET Summary As banks increasingly tighten lending standards, credit conditions among households and corporations are slowly deteriorating as the credit cycle downturn progresses. While households are on solid footing from a structural perspective, their increasi...

2023-11-07 09:05:00 ET Summary The Federal Reserve's Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey shows banks have tightened lending standards further while households and businesses remain wary of taking on additional borrowing. Given how important credit flow is to the US economy, it make...

2023-11-04 10:00:00 ET Summary Interest rates are higher than pre-COVID 19 and expected to stay high in the long term, which should support yields. Real estate equity prices have fallen since early 2022, so new loan collateral values will likely be lower than previous peaks. P...

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2023-10-19 05:05:00 ET Summary Tight lending standards and rising yields, along with concern about an approaching turn in the business cycle, have put opportunistic credit in the spotlight. On the private side, dislocations typically take more time to develop and can last longer, ...

2023-10-12 01:30:00 ET Summary Bank credit default swaps, which reflect the cost of insuring against losses on bank debt holdings, have risen, maybe in anticipation of Q3 results. In a weakening economy, banks are expected to experience higher delinquencies and charge-offs. In...