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Business of Private Credit: Coming Home
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Middle Market Deal Terms at a Glance - April 2016
Source: SPP Capital Partners Contact: Stefan Shaffer stefan@sppcapital.com
Markit Recap – 4/4/2016
Investors embrace long dated corporate bonds Investors have been loading up on relatively higher yielding long term corporate bonds, in…
Slow Motion
Middle market loan activity with sponsors during the first quarter has slowed to a six-year low. Quarterly Sponsored Middle…
State of the Capital Markets – First Quarter 2016 Review and Second Quarter 2016 Outlook
Need timely market data and expert commentary to share with your clients? Download our State of the Capital Markets presentation!…
Lead Left Interview - Dr. Tim Kelly (Part 2)
This week we continue our conversation with Tim Kelly, a 30+ year veteran of private equity and capital markets. Since…
The Pulse of Private Equity - 4/4/2016
The Bigger, the Better: Private Equity Funds Still Trending Upward in Size Although there is a fair amount of quarterly…
Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis - 4/4/2016
U.S. leveraged lending, at US$112bn in 1Q16, was down 29% from 4Q15 Instability in oil prices and credit concerns in…
Loan Stats at a Glance - 4/4/2016
Contact: Timothy Stubbs timothy.stubbs@spcapitaliq.com
Markit Recap – 3/28/2016
Returns on US dollar denominated emerging market (EM) bonds have outstripped developed nation peers so far this year, as confidence…
Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis - 3/28/2016
1Q16 US Syndicated loan volume tumbles 19% y-o-y; Down a more substantial 37% q-o-q US syndicated loan volume took a…
When Senior Debt is Not Senior Debt
Last Saturday a friend of ours took advantage of the spring-like weather, wading upstream from his house. Armed with his…











Where's the Deal Flow? (First of a Series)
With the first quarter of 2016 in the books, we kick off the second with a look at our Chart…