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Business of Private Credit: Coming Home
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Loan Stats at a Glance - 10/24/2016
Contact: Timothy Stubbs timothy.stubbs@spglobal.com
Markit Recap – 10/17/2016
There are no shortage of factors that have troubled market participants this year: Brexit; US monetary policy direction; fragility in European banks; oil prices. All of these issues, and others, have caused credit spreads to widen at various intervals in 2016.
But the last few weeks have seen calmness return to the credit markets. The VolX Europe, which shows the realised volatility in the Markit iTraxx Europe index, hit 26.4% this week, which is the lowest level for almost two
years…
Middle Market Deal Terms at a Glance - Oct 2016
Source: SPP Capital Partners Contact: Stefan Shaffer stefan@sppcapital.com
Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis -10/17/2016
Influx of second-lien issuance has investors pushing back on terms
Recently, investors have been more open to the lower rated, higher return type of loans that were more scarce earlier in the year. In particular, second-lien issuance has picked up. Just two weeks into October and there has already been US$1.5bn in completed second-lien loan issuance which would account for 57% of second-lien issuance for all of 2Q16. This influx of higher yielding assets into the market has caused more push back from investors during negotiations…
Flipped Flows
Driven by a benign credit environment and favorable relative value dynamics, $2.5 billion has flowed into retail loan funds.
Covenant Trends - 10/17/2016
Average First Lien Headroom under Debt Incurrence Test Based on Initial PF Leverage, YTD Contact: Steven Miller smiller@covenantreview.com
Loan Stats at a Glance - 10/17/2016
Contact: Timothy Stubbs timothy.stubbs@spglobal.com
Private Debt Intelligence - 10/17/2016
Private Debt: Funds in Market
Preqin’s quarterly update on the private debt industry finds that as of the beginning of Q4 2016, there are 304 funds in market targeting an aggregate $147bn globally. With few funds closing through the year to date, the marketplace has grown considerably since mid-year; there are 50 more vehicles on the road seeking an extra $6bn of investor commitments compared to the start of Q3.
Direct lending, once again, represents the largest proportion of private debt funds on the road, both by number (38%) and aggregate capital targeted (39%)…
The Pulse of Private Equity - 10/17/2016
Debt Usage in US M&A Remains Historically Low
Even as multiples remain stubbornly high across multiple sectors, debt usage remains low. This is primarily the result of a confluence of factors, including stricter regulations, cash-rich buyers and a general trend toward buying and building as a strategy on the part of private equity investors. In that last case, PE firms aren’t relying as much on financial engineering as they used to, looking instead to deploying more equity in deals to avoid overburdening portfolio companies with barely serviceable debt loads. Of course, that necessitates shrewd operational enhancements…
Lead Left Interview - Steven Miller (Part 2)
This week we continue our conversation with Steven Miller, CEO, Fulcrum Financial Data. Fulcrum publishes Covenant Review, CapitalStructure and PacerMonitor…
Markit Recap – 10/10/2016
The CDS market in September is typically dominated by one event: the semi-annual roll. The outperformance of single names observed…
Dollars and Scents
News reached us over the weekend of a new trend in baseball. Apparently several Chicago Cubs relievers are applying copious…