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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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    Stat of the Week: S&P Metals and Mining Index

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    Loan Stats at a Glance - 3/7/2016

    Contact: Timothy Stubbs timothy.stubbs@spcapitaliq.com

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    Markit Recap – 2/29/2016

    European insurance bonds sink to bottom of the pile European bond yields have fallen to new recent lows as the…

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    Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis - 2/29/2016

    Flex activity in the leveraged loan market amped up in February as market volatility continued and lenders tried to push…

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    A Review of European Direct Lending (Third of a Series)

    “Europe is not a market,” a keen observer of Europe’s debt market informed us. “First of all,” he said, “there’s…

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    Head Start

    By 2002 the share of US leveraged loans by institutional investors had surpassed 60%; it took Europe twelve more years…

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    Lead Left Interview - Edwin Cass (Part 2)

    This week we continue our conversation with Edwin Cass, Chief Investment Strategist, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Mr. Cass is…

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    The Pulse of Private Equity - 2/29/2016

    PE’s Other Overhang For several years now, the increase in the inventory of companies backed by private equity in North…

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    Stat of the Week: Eurozone Business Climate

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    Select Deals in the Market - 2/29/2016

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    Loan Stats at a Glance - 2/29/2016

    Contact: Timothy Stubbs timothy.stubbs@spcapitaliq.com

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    Markit Recap – 2/22/2016

    Last summer saw investors turn to shorting bond ETFs as the bond market kicked back to into life amid the…

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    A Review of European Direct Lending (Second of a Series)

    Burger King isn’t just selling Whoppers any more. Last week the second largest burger giant began serving hot dogs at…

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    Hard Floors

    While their share of European leveraged loans has steadily dropped to 31%, banks are still about where they were pre-crisis.…

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    Lead Left Interview - Edwin Cass

    This week we chat with Edwin Cass, Chief Investment Strategist, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Mr. Cass is responsible for…

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    The Pulse of Private Equity - 2/22/2016

    How much longer will the M&A boom sustain PE exits? The M&A boom has been very kind to private equity…

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