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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.
Loan Stats at a Glance - 3/7/2016
Contact: Timothy Stubbs timothy.stubbs@spcapitaliq.com
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…
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…
Head Start
By 2002 the share of US leveraged loans by institutional investors had surpassed 60%; it took Europe twelve more years…
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…
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…
Loan Stats at a Glance - 2/29/2016
Contact: Timothy Stubbs timothy.stubbs@spcapitaliq.com
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…
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…
Hard Floors
While their share of European leveraged loans has steadily dropped to 31%, banks are still about where they were pre-crisis.…
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…
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…









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…