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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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August 12, 2026 
Loan Stats at a Glance - 4/13/2020
Contact: Marina Lukatsky marina.lukatsky@spglobal.com
New money lending for MM sponsored deals drops for third quarter
New money lending in the syndicated loan market backing middle market sponsored deals fell for the third consecutive quarter in…
Exits are already down
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Exit activity is bound for a tough year, as preliminary Q1 numbers confirm. Historically, first quarter exit…
Covid -19 and Direct Lenders
“We did not underwrite for this.” So said the partner of a top-tier middle market private equity firm, speaking of…
Monthly LBO lending decelerates, yet 1Q20 finishes strong; Outlook bleak
LBOs decelerated in March, to 47% of monthly U.S. direct lending volume, according to Direct Lending Deals. The drop was…
Labor Pains
US jobless claims totaled 10 million in two weeks; it took six months to hit those levels during the Great Recession.
Private Debt Intelligence - 4/6/2020
The impact of COVID-19 on capital calls, distributions, and net cash flows [wpdm_package id=’33682′] A Preqin-FRG forecasting model shows that…
Fundraising in the time of coronavirus
Private debt funds are finding it tough to raise capital, but this was true before the virus struck. In the…
Loan Stats at a Glance - 4/6/2020
Contact: Marina Lukatsky marina.lukatsky@spglobal.com
Hopes for building 2020 loan mart are shortlived as Covid-19 spreads
Several headlines have rattled the markets over the last few years – some were fuelled by geopolitical unrest, some by…
The Great Stay-In (Fifth of a Series)
“As goes COVID-19, so goes the nation.” Paraphrasing the famous 1950’s dictum on General Motors’ relationship to the welfare of…