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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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    Best Practices in Private Credit (Second of a Series)

    This week we acquainted ourselves with fun facts about solar eclipses. One is the fortuitousness of size and distance. If…

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    What is Driving Increasing Deal Sizes in Private Credit?

    Direct lenders have increasingly been targeting larger companies, after previously focusing on middle market sized companies. (Fitch loosely defines larger…

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    The rise of quasi-distress

    As fund managers become adept at heading off problems before they threaten to kill companies off, distressed strategies are changing…

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    Loan Stats at a Glance - 4/8/2024

    Source: PitchBook LCDContact: Ryan BrownRyan.Brown@pitchbook.com

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    The New Order: Leverage Finance in an Asset Management World (Third of a Series)

    We want to highlight issues demonstrating almost willful ignorance of the role private credit plays in today’s asset management world.…

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    Is stress emerging to save Asian fundraising?

    Last year was tough for GPs seeking capital to invest in Asia Pacific but distressed/opportunistic strategies were bucking the trend.…

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    All About Portfolios

    Top three criteria investors use to select credit managers are portfolio-centric. Source: Coalition Greenwich 2023 Private Credit Market Structure Study(Past performance…

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    Best Practices in Private Credit (First of a Series)

    Last Thursday was opening day for MLB, a hopeful sign of spring. Catching up on some interesting 2023 statistics from…

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    Rising Payment-in-Kind Trends in Private Credit Will Have a Mixed Impact

    Interests paid-in-kind (PIK) are likely to rise among private middle-market loans in the US through both amendments to existing loans…

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    Private debt fund performance

    Download PitchBook’s Report here. Drilling down to the major substrategies, mezzanine funds kicked into high gear with a one-year horizon return…

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    Daily Analytic: Survey - Unitranche spreads shift lower

    Stiffer competition from the syndicated market has put pressure on direct lenders to tighten spreads on unitranche loans. According to…

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    Distribution of Synergies & Cost Savings EBITDA Addback Time Horizons (for Actions Resulting in Addbacks)

    (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.)

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    Loan Stats at a Glance - 4/1/2024

    Source: PitchBook LCDContact: Ryan BrownRyan.Brown@pitchbook.com

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    The New Order: Leverage Finance in an Asset Management World (Second of a Series)

    The battle for buyouts is over: privates have won. Private credit fundraising has changed that narrative for good. Increasingly, leading…

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    Private Debt Intelligence - 3/25/2024

    North American-based private debt AUM hits $1tn [wpdm_package id=’69192′] Private debt in North America has overtaken real estate in 2023…

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    Healthcare is generating significant numbers of restructuring cases

    A guide to distress in healthcare The US healthcare sector has been beset by malaise in recent months, with the…

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