Loans to issuers rated BB printed in a 5-5.5% context, with single-B paper clearing at 6-7%, give or take.

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You need to go down to single B rated paper with a 10-year duration to obtain a 6.5 percent return.

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With loans trading higher in April, single-B loans again outperformed BB paper.

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Understandably, then, the issuer base for 2012-model second-lien loans is dominated by (1) loans with CCC facility ratings (mainly from issuers with a single-B corporate-rating profile) and (2) unrated middle-market paper.

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It is mostly higher-rated paper with 28 of the combined 31 deals carrying at least one double-B rating.

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Thoroughly researched single B paper yields at least 500 basis points over 10-year Treasuries.

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