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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.
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…
SPACtator Sport
The number of special purpose acquisition company filings have ramped up sharply.
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.
Breaking the covenant
Two recent surveys have shed light on the issue of covenant breaches, and how managers are responding to them. With…
Loan Stats at a Glance - 11/30/2020
Contact: Marina Lukatskymarina.lukatsky@spglobal.com
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…
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…
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…
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…
SPACtacular
Market volatility and dry powder pushed special purpose acquisition company activity to record levels.
Middle Market Deal Terms at a Glance - November 2020
Source: SPP Capital Partners Contact: Stefan Shaffer stefan@sppcapital.com
Average Unadjusted Leverage Through F&C for M&A-Driven Loan Deals
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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…