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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.
Stat of the Week: Monthly US institutional Leverage Loan Market Default Rate (%)
Private Debt Intelligence - 2/1/2021
Deal Activity Continued to Decline over 2020 [wpdm_package id=’42289′] Private debt deal activity slowed over 2020. A total of 780…
Hot Spots
Reflecting investors’ preference for defensive sectors, business services led all industries for loans recently launched.
Views from the investor frontline
Distress, recession and mature markets are all front of mind for LPs keeping the faith in private debt. Our latest…
Loan Stats at a Glance - 2/1/2021
Contact: Marina Lukatskymarina.lukatsky@spglobal.com
US sponsored middle market direct lending volume reached US$71bn in 2020
According to Refinitiv LPC data, the US direct lending middle market totaled US$71bn in loan volume last year, 18% lower…
Correlation Nation: Private Credit...and Everything Else
We continue our special series with the second of our “Five Biggest Private Capital Surprises of 2020:” Surprise #2: Non-Correlated…
Special Report: Private Credit – Better than Ever
Beginning in August 2020 The Lead Left published a series of articles on the state of private credit in a COVID environment. This report consolidates those articles.
-6.2% Q1 performance for private debt
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Private debt performance struggled in Q1, according to PitchBook’s just released Global Private Debt Report. Globally, private…
Percentage of Loans that Allow Uncapped Synergies & Cost Savings EBITDA Adjustments
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2020: A Year of Surprises (Part Four)
We continue our special series with the fourth of “Five Biggest Private Capital Surprises of 2020”: Surprise #4: Which Industries…