Loans backing US leveraged buyouts (LBOs), including a US$500m term loan for the Carlyle Group’s acquisition of ship repair services company Vigor Industrial and a US$755m first-lien loan supporting Thoma Bravo’s purchase of data provider J.D. Power Associates, are expected to garner demand throughout September, among other debt financings. But this year’s post-Labor Day pipeline is unlikely to stir the market in the same way as last September's jumbo-sized LBOs.