Bloomberg has expanded its leveraged loan index offering and data solutions for European and global markets in a bid to provide greater investor insight into the fixed income market.
Jasvinder Singh
The expansion builds of Bloomberg’s interconnected syndicated loans solutions and includes the launch of the Bloomberg European Leveraged Loan Index and the Bloomberg Global Leveraged Loan Index, both of which were built with BVAL, Bloomberg’s evaluated pricing service.
The firm has said that the expansion addresses increasing investor demand for transparent and varied syndicated loan benchmarks, to provide insight into the European market as well as assist global investors in accessing a cross-market oversight.
“Following the introduction of our US Leveraged Loan Index, demand from clients, particularly in Europe, for more benchmarks for leveraged loan investments has been strong and consistent so this is a natural next step,” said Jasvinder Singh, fixed income index product manager at Bloomberg Index Services Limited.
Specifically, the Bloomberg European Leveraged Loan Index includes broadly syndicated loans denominated in EUR and GBP, a 150 million local currency minimum size threshold, as well as covering rated and unrated loans.
The Global Leveraged Loan Index integrates broadly syndicated loans for US, Europe and other markets’ public and private companies.
Scott McMunn, chief executive of the Loan Market Association (LMA) said: “we’re excited to see the launch of Bloomberg’s new Leveraged Loan Index and the expanded coverage of European loan data. In a market where data is everything, this marks a significant leap forward.”
The expansion follows further recent data developments spearheaded by Bloomberg in recent months. In July 2025, Bloomberg FX Fixings (BFIX) announced that it would include EBS Market’s spot FX transactions in its offering, as part of an agreement between Bloomberg Index Services Limited (BISL) and CME Group.
The integration is expected to assist clients and market participants in matching BFIX, to enhance efficiency and reduce risk.