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Business of Private Credit: Coming Home
Much attention has been paid to the suitability of Matt Damon in the lead role as the wily Odysseus in this summer’s Christopher Nolan blockbuster.
Quantifying the recovery
Download PitchBook’s Report here. It’s no secret that private equity is having a big year. A new PitchBook Quantitative Perspectives report,…
Loan Stats at a Glance - 12/6/2021
Contact: Marina Lukatskymarina.lukatsky@spglobal.com
COVID Bump
This year marked a dramatic upward shift in the size of funds raised by private debt managers.
Private Debt Intelligence - 12/6/2021
Distressed Debt Volatility Doesn’t Hamper Closing Large Funds [wpdm_package id=’50651′] Distressed debt returns have been volatile over the past 10…
Percentage of Loans with MFN Carveouts
(Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Steven Miller
Five steps forward to a more responsible future
The global pandemic has been the hot topic of the last couple of years, but ESG is pushing hard to…
2022 Outlook: Big Backlog
Thanksgiving week in the US capital markets is always a mixed blessing. Wonderful for families and friends, celebration and gratitude.…
Total assets in BDCs climb to over US$180bn
Total assets in BDCs climbed to over US$180bn in 3Q21, as publicly traded BDC assets increased to US$111bn, up from…
A very healthy infrastructure market
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Global infrastructure fundraising remains an in-demand category for LPs, according to PitchBook’s latest Global Real Assets Report.…
M&A transactions increasingly funded with add-on debt
Source: Dealogic, Debtwire Par Issuers have been tapping the institutional loan market for add-on debt at a rapid pace, blowing…
All Ahead Full: Private Credit Outlook 2022 (Third of a Series)
At recent private credit conferences we’ve been asked how managers think about portfolio construction. The answer depends on your experience…
Return to Health
Much improved operating performance has driven down loan leverage metrics.







All Ahead Full: Private Credit Outlook 2022 (Fourth of a Series)
Back in 2015 we introduced the concept of the “cargo-pants strategy” [link]. It was our observation that direct lenders saw…