High-Yield and Bank Loan Outlook

July 14, 2016

Report Highlights

The Credit Suisse High-Yield Bond and Leveraged Loan indexes posted gains of 5.9 percent and 2.9 percent in the second quarter, their best quarterly performance since the first and third quarters of 2012, respectively.
With global monetary policy growing more accommodative, foreign flows into the U.S. should have the effect of another round of quantitative easing to U.S. financial markets. Assets offering higher yields than U.S. Treasurys will continue to benefit from the persistent low-rate environment.
As yields fall, investors should more frequently evaluate loss and default assumptions. Our research suggests that high-yield bond recoveries should improve from the lower-than-average trend in 2015–2016 given the presence of more secured bonds in the market compared to the pre-crisis period. We expect leveraged loan recoveries will be lower in the next default cycle, but yields continue to compensate for credit risk.

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