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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.
Loan Stats at a Glance - 2/2/2015
Contact: Cuong Huynh cuong.huynh@spcapitaliq.com
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.…
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…
Yield Signs
Supply-demand dynamics – too much cash and too few deals – have pushed second-lien spreads down since the credit crisis.…
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…
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…
Loan Stats at a Glance - 1/26/2015
Contact: Cuong Huynh cuong.huynh@spcapitaliq.com
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…
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…
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…
Second Spreads
Oil price induced volatility pushed up yields on both first and second-lien term loans last year, though availability of the…
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…
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…









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…