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Business of Private Credit: Safety, Not Size

Even the best credit managers have loans that go bad. What separates them from everyone else is the history and experience they bring to working these problems out.

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    Loan Stats at a Glance - 2/2/2015

    Contact: Cuong Huynh cuong.huynh@spcapitaliq.com

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    Markit Recap – 1/26/2015

    The result of the Greek elections on Sunday were quite clear – an emphatic victory for the anti-austerity SYRIZA party.…

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    Second Thoughts (Last of a Series)

    It’s hard to know exactly when second-lien term loans first appeared in the leveraged loan market. According to S&P’s Loan…

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    Lead Left Interview - Lawrence E. Golub

    This week we speak with Lawrence E. Golub, CEO of Golub Capital. Golub is a nationally recognized credit asset manager…

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    Yield Signs

    Supply-demand dynamics – too much cash and too few deals – have pushed second-lien spreads down since the credit crisis.…

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    Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis - 1/26/2015

    After a slow start, flex activity reactivated in the institutional loan market last week. So far in January, upward priced…

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    The Pulse of Private Equity - 1/26/2015

    The U.S. Company Inventory is Plateauing One of the concerns facing private equity over the past few years is the…

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    Stat of the Week - Australian Dollar/USD

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    Select Deals in the Market - 1/26/2015

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    Loan Stats at a Glance - 1/26/2015

    Contact: Cuong Huynh cuong.huynh@spcapitaliq.com

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    Markit Recap – 1/19/2015

    Commentators on the financial markets can sometimes be prone to hyperbole, but it is surely no exaggeration to state that…

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    Second Thoughts (Second of a Series)

    It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s an Eastern Airlines plane! We thought we were having flashbacks from rum-soaked Acapulco…

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    Lead Left Interview - Gavin Vorwerg (Part 2)

    This week we continue our conversation with Gavin Vorwerg, Director at Laurium Capital. Laurium is a hedge fund dedicated to investments…

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    Second Spreads

    Oil price induced volatility pushed up yields on both first and second-lien term loans last year, though availability of the…

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    Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis - 1/19/2015

    First-lien institutional yields have widened so far in January to levels not seen since July 2012. The average first-lien term…

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    The Pulse of Private Equity - 1/19/2015

    Record Year for Middle Market The U.S. middle market is usually responsible for ~60% – 70% of PE activity in…

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