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Published in TZ Latest News 13 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff

Goldman Warns CLO Investors To Beware The LIBOR Squeeze

Yesterday Goldman Sachs analyst Bridget Bartlett issued a warning to CLO investors to beware of the “LIBOR squeeze.”  As the note points out, over 90% of the $900BN levered loan market has a LIBOR floor set at an average rate of 100bps.  LIBOR floors in levered loans became popular in the aftermath of the “great recession” as a way to entice loan investors in a “lower-for-longer” interest rate environment that drove LIBOR rates down to 25bps. 

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