{"id":941974,"date":"2026-03-04T09:34:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T14:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/blackrock-expands-access-to-u-s-leveraged-loan-market-with-index-etf\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T09:34:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T14:34:21","slug":"blackrock-expands-access-to-u-s-leveraged-loan-market-with-index-etf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/blackrock-expands-access-to-u-s-leveraged-loan-market-with-index-etf\/","title":{"rendered":"BlackRock Expands Access to U.S. Leveraged Loan Market with Index ETF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <!--.bwalignc { text-align: center; list-style-position: inside }\n.bwblockalignl { margin-left: 0px; margin-right: auto }\n.bwcellpmargin { margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px }\n.bwleftsingle { border-left: solid black 1pt }\n.bwpadb3 { padding-bottom: 4px }\n.bwpadl0 { padding-left: 0px }\n.bwpadr0 { padding-right: 0px }\n.bwrightsingle { border-right: solid black 1pt }\n.bwrowaltcolor1 { background-color: #d3d3d3 }\n.bwsinglebottom { border-bottom: solid black 1pt }\n.bwtablemarginb { margin-bottom: 10px }\n.bwtopsingle { border-top: solid black 1pt }\n.bwvertalignm { vertical-align: middle }\n.bwvertalignt { vertical-align: top }\n.bwwidth100 { width: 100% }\n.bwwidth13 { width: 13% }\n.bwwidth14 { width: 14% }\n.bwwidth30 { width: 30% }\n.bwwidth38 { width: 38% }\n.bwwidth5 { width: 5% }body {font:normal small Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000;background-color:#fff;padding:24px;margin:0;} a img {border:0;} h3 {font-size:medium;color:#000;margin:0 0 1em 0; text-align:center;}-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><b>BlackRock Expands Access to U.S. Leveraged Loan Market with Index ETF<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><i>Provides exposure to a traditionally hard-to-reach fixed income sector<\/i><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK&#8211;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\">BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)&#8211;<br \/>\nBlackRock today announced the launch of the iShares Broad USD Floating Rate Loan ETF (CBOE: <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ishares.com%2Fus%2Fproducts%2F349395%2F&amp;esheet=54437836&amp;newsitemid=20260304494399&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=USLN&amp;index=1&amp;md5=3bde94ee92b7772e5365c5575e1f940d\">USLN<\/a>), the firm\u2019s first index-based ETF providing access to U.S. dollar-denominated leveraged loans. The U.S. leveraged loan market has grown to $1.4 trillion \u2013 now similar in size to the high yield bond market \u2013 offering greater opportunity for scalable, index-based exposure.<sup>1<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>\nUSLN seeks to track the Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan Broad Select Index and invests primarily in senior secured loans, a historically hard-to-reach fixed income sector. The ETF aims to enhance portfolio income while offering reduced interest rate sensitivity and added diversification compared with traditional fixed income markets.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cThe leveraged loan market has scaled significantly, and client demand for efficient, index-based access to this asset class has grown in step,\u201d said <b>Steve Laipply, Global Co-Head of iShares Fixed Income ETFs at BlackRock<\/b>. \u201cUSLN expands the toolkit for portfolio construction by pairing the potential benefits of indexing with exposure to a core segment of the credit markets that has traditionally been difficult to reach.\u201d<\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"bwtablemarginb bwblockalignl bwwidth100\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bwtopsingle bwsinglebottom bwleftsingle bwrightsingle bwpadl0 bwrowaltcolor1 bwwidth30 bwvertalignt bwalignc\" rowspan=\"1\" colspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"bwalignc bwcellpmargin\">\nFund Name<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"bwtopsingle bwsinglebottom bwrightsingle bwpadl0 bwrowaltcolor1 bwwidth5 bwvertalignt bwalignc\" rowspan=\"1\" colspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"bwalignc bwcellpmargin\">\nTicker<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"bwtopsingle bwsinglebottom bwrightsingle bwpadl0 bwrowaltcolor1 bwwidth38 bwvertalignt bwalignc\" rowspan=\"1\" colspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"bwalignc bwcellpmargin\">\nBenchmark<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"bwtopsingle bwsinglebottom bwrightsingle bwpadl0 bwrowaltcolor1 bwwidth14 bwvertalignt bwalignc\" rowspan=\"1\" colspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"bwalignc bwcellpmargin\">\nGross Expense Ratio<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"bwtopsingle bwsinglebottom bwrightsingle bwpadl0 bwrowaltcolor1 bwwidth13 bwvertalignt bwalignc\" rowspan=\"1\" colspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"bwalignc bwcellpmargin\">\nNet Expense Ratio<sup>2<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bwsinglebottom bwleftsingle bwrightsingle bwpadl0 bwwidth30 bwalignc bwvertalignm\" rowspan=\"1\" colspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"bwalignc bwcellpmargin\">\niShares Broad USD Floating Rate Loan ETF<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"bwsinglebottom bwrightsingle bwpadl0 bwwidth5 bwalignc bwvertalignm\" rowspan=\"1\" colspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"bwalignc bwcellpmargin\">\nUSLN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"bwsinglebottom bwrightsingle bwpadl0 bwwidth38 bwalignc bwvertalignm\" rowspan=\"1\" colspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"bwalignc bwcellpmargin\">\nMorningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan Broad Select Index<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"bwsinglebottom bwrightsingle bwpadl0 bwpadr0 bwpadb3 bwwidth14 bwalignc bwvertalignm\" rowspan=\"1\" colspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"bwcellpmargin bwalignc\">\n0.43%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"bwsinglebottom bwrightsingle bwpadl0 bwpadr0 bwpadb3 bwwidth13 bwalignc bwvertalignm\" rowspan=\"1\" colspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"bwcellpmargin bwalignc\">\n0.40%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>\nBlackRock is one of the largest loan investors globally, with over $40 billion in assets under management.<sup>3<\/sup> USLN expands BlackRock\u2019s existing broad credit index suite \u2013 alongside the iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ishares.com%2Fus%2Fproducts%2F291299%2Fishares-broad-usd-high-yield-corporate-bond-etf&amp;esheet=54437836&amp;newsitemid=20260304494399&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=USHY&amp;index=2&amp;md5=f4b063b8d5aea49865d278205f2b2958\">USHY<\/a>) and the iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ishares.com%2Fus%2Fproducts%2F239460%2Fishares-credit-bond-etf&amp;esheet=54437836&amp;newsitemid=20260304494399&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=USIG&amp;index=3&amp;md5=e80ae048e2d9147babd6600ac305d59d\">USIG<\/a>) \u2013 and complements the firm\u2019s active offerings, including the BlackRock Floating Rate Income Fund (<a rel=\"nofollow\" 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The U.S. leveraged loan market has grown to $1.4 trillion \u2013 now similar in size to the high yield bond market \u2013 offering greater opportunity for scalable, index-based exposure.1 USLN seeks to track the Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan Broad Select Index and invests primarily in senior secured loans, a historically hard-to-reach fixed income sector. The ETF aims to enhance portfolio income while offering reduced interest rate sensitivity and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/blackrock-expands-access-to-u-s-leveraged-loan-market-with-index-etf\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BlackRock Expands Access to U.S. Leveraged Loan Market with Index ETF&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-941974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BlackRock Expands Access to U.S. Leveraged Loan Market with Index ETF - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/blackrock-expands-access-to-u-s-leveraged-loan-market-with-index-etf\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BlackRock Expands Access to U.S. Leveraged Loan Market with Index ETF - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BlackRock Expands Access to U.S. Leveraged Loan Market with Index ETF Provides exposure to a traditionally hard-to-reach fixed income sector NEW YORK&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; BlackRock today announced the launch of the iShares Broad USD Floating Rate Loan ETF (CBOE: USLN), the firm\u2019s first index-based ETF providing access to U.S. dollar-denominated leveraged loans. 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