Newton, David P.; Ongena, Steven; Xie, Ru; Zhao, Binru - 2020
-originated loans. Using a novel dataset from 2011 to 2019, we show that leveraged loan spreads have declined rapidly for nonbank … facilities relative to bank facilities since the introduction of the 2014 Interagency Clarification. The decline in leveraged … loan spreads is significant for highly leveraged borrowers, especially when term loans are involved. We further demonstrate …