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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.

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    Private Debt Intelligence - 11/30/2020

    Investors Plans for Their Allocation to Private Debt by 2025 [wpdm_package id=’40357′] In August 2020, Preqin ran a survey among…

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    SPACtator Sport

    The number of special purpose acquisition company filings have ramped up sharply.

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    SPACs – A Primer (Part II)

    Just before Thanksgiving a faithful reader alerted us to an article from Business Insider [link]. In it noted sommelier and…

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    Special Report: COVID-19 and M&A Activity

    Beginning in July 2020 The Lead Left published a series of articles on COVID-impacted deal flow. This report consolidates those articles.

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    Breaking the covenant

    Two recent surveys have shed light on the issue of covenant breaches, and how managers are responding to them. With…

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    Loan Stats at a Glance - 11/30/2020

      Contact: Marina Lukatskymarina.lukatsky@spglobal.com

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    Credit markets: Volumes vs Vaccines

    Answer: For most of US history, it was March 4, not January 20.Question: What is Inauguration Day? We found ourselves…

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    PitchBook’s new PE manager framework

    Download PitchBook’s Report here. PitchBook has developed a new framework to help analyze GP investing styles. Using the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI)—a…

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    Stat of the Week: U.S. Thanksgiving holiday travelers (#MM)

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    Political headlines and investor pressure provide impetus for accelerated ESG discussions

    US President-elect Biden announced 10 executive actions that he will take on the first day of his presidency in January…

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    SPACs – A Primer (Part I)

    After COVID, the elections, and what the fifth instalment of the Scream series will be called (hint: it’s not Scream…

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    SPACtacular

    Market volatility and dry powder pushed special purpose acquisition company activity to record levels.

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    Middle Market Deal Terms at a Glance - November 2020

    Source: SPP Capital Partners Contact: Stefan Shaffer stefan@sppcapital.com

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    Average Unadjusted Leverage Through F&C for M&A-Driven Loan Deals

    Contact: Steven Miller

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    Select Deals in the Market - 11/16/2020

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    When do you think you and your family will get the COVID vaccine?

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