2017 was a strong year for the secondary loan trading market according to the q4 data snapshot report from ihs markit quarterly report highlights include index trend iboxx usd leveraged loan index returns rise to 329 secondary market loan pricing trend global bid prices show little movement this quarter global loan sector trend spreads in the eu increased for basic materials consumer . 2017 was a strong year for the secondary loan trading market according to the q4 data snapshot report from ihs markit quarterly report highlights include index trend iboxx usd leveraged loan index returns rise to 329 secondary market loan pricing trend global bid prices show little movement this quarter global loan sector trend spreads in the eu increased for basic materials . Q4 2017 ihs markit syndicated loan market data snapshot o index trend o pricing trend average loan spreads q4 2017 respectively 20 triple as are now trading inside of 100 bps down from mid 130 bps area at the start of the quarter. For a more detailed description on the loan market sectors see peter c vaky introduction to the syndicated loan market in the handbook of loan syndications trading 39 allison taylor and alicia sansone eds 2007 steve miller players in the market in the handbook of loan syndications trading supra 47