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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 
Three Quarter Time
Total leveraged loan volume so far for the first three quarters of 2017 has matched the high for the same period four years ago.
Covenant Trends - 9/4/2017
Average Free-and-Clear as a Multiple of Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA (M&A-related) Contact: Steven Miller smiller@covenantreview
Loan Stats at a Glance - 9/4/2017
Contact: Timothy Stubbs timothy.stubbs@spglobal.com
Special Report: The Case for Covenants
Beginning in May 2017 The Lead Left published a series of articles on Covenants. This report consolidates those articles.
Mixed earnings result in investors running from select BDCs
BDC 2Q17 earnings season is in full swing and results have been extremely mixed keeping the landscape quite bifurcated. After…
Spotlight on the Consumer
Following the announcement of the Amazon/Whole Foods merger, one telling footnote deserves more attention: private equity was eyeing Whole Foods…
Covenant Trends – Percentage of Deals with F&C Tranche / PF EBITDA >0.9x
Contact: Steven Miller smiller@covenantreview
Lead Left Interview - Marc Daniel (Part 2)
This week we continue our conversation with Marc Daniel, managing director, mergers and acquisitions, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey. STRH is recognized…
Floor Covering
Since mid-May both one-month and three-month Libor rates have been consistently above the 1% benchmark floor for many leverage loans.
Private Debt Intelligence - 8/14/2017
Deal Concentration by Location and Industry [wpdm_package id=’13873′] Recent Preqin data saw that deals completed in H1 2017 were both…
Loan Stats at a Glance - 8/14/2017
Contact: Timothy Stubbs timothy.stubbs@spglobal.com
Markit Recap – 8/7/2017
South Korea widens as rhetoric ramps up Donald Trump’s promise to bring “fire and fury” to North Korea if it…
MM Fundraising hits US$35B YTD, on track to match 2016 levels
Fundraising for middle market lending continues strong in 2017. Year to date LPC has tracked almost US$35 billion in inflows…
Bye-bor
By all accounts it was worth waiting for. The 10th Procrastination Research Conference, held last month in Chicago, featured sixty…