Don’t hold your breath for a leveraged finance recovery

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Don’t hold your breath for a leveraged finance recovery

The disgraced leveraged loan market has finally dared to return to polite society — now that it has something to say other than “woe is me”. Much of the First Data deal was sold, and secondary prices are recovering. But privately, bankers will tell you that it’s a long time before they expect to get rid of some of the big loans burning holes in their pockets.

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