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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.
Add-ons now 73% of all buyouts
Download PitchBook’s Report here. It’s getting repetitive, but the buy-and-build strategy is becoming the dominant approach for private equity. According to…
Home in the Range
Despite reports of aggressive leverage, one source suggests a more measured middle market.
Private Debt Intelligence - 11/1/2021
Direct lending hoovers up private debt capital [wpdm_package id=’49695′] Direct lending has attracted more capital than any other debt strategy…
Average Total Deleveraging Required To Meet RP Ratio Test
(Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Steven Miller
Five observations from the Global Investor 30
There are no signs yet of the pandemic having had any negative effect on investor enthusiasm for private debt. We…
Loan Stats at a Glance - 11/1/2021
Contact: Marina Lukatskymarina.lukatsky@spglobal.com
Private Credit in Full
News reached us recently of a young walrus that had wandered south from his Arctic range in search of ice…
Middle market LBO direct lending surges to new heights
It was a record setting quarter for middle market LBO direct lending in 3Q21, with volume surging to US$16.3bn, nearly…
Growth deals in vogue
Download PitchBook’s Report here. One sea change in the post-COVID PE market is the surge in growth deals. According to PitchBook’s…
A Market in Full (Third of a Series)
We report (in person!) this week from the SuperReturn Private Credit conference in Chicago, where we chaired day one, moderated…
Nowhere to Hide
Covid conditions convince investors that fixed income and equities are equally attractive.








A Market in Full (Fourth of a Series)
Having moderated three private credit panels in the past ten days, a recurring theme is the record level of deal…