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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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August 12, 2026 
How are PE returns stacking up across private capital overall?
Given the tumultuous market environment of the past 18 months and counting, how are the latest private capital returns looking?…
Average Minimum Day-One Capped Basket Capacity, YoY
(Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Steven Miller
Private Debt Intelligence - 8/7/2023
Private debt deal making low in H1 2023 [wpdm_package id=’65769′] It’s been a tough start to the year for private…
Steady as She Grows
The Fed’s hawkish rate regime has tamed the higher pace of US economic growth.
Sponsored large corporate direct lending volume dropped 28% in 2Q23
US sponsored large corporate direct lending loan volume totaled US$12.5bn in 2Q23, 28% lower than 1Q23’s level. The US$12.5bn total…
MM CLO Ratings Under High Rates and EBITDA Pressure
How Might MM CLO Note Ratings Fare Amid High Rates and EBITDA Pressures? To assess the effect of higher interest…
Loan Stats at a Glance - 8/7/2023
Contact: Marina Lukatskymarina.lukatsky@pitchbook.com
The Case for Junior Capital (Part Three)
This space has covered at length the investor-friendly changes in senior debt terms since the Fed began its rate hiking…
Likely-to-distress scores highlight struggling industries
Source: Debtwire Out of a universe of more than 12,000 leveraged US companies, 180 are in the stressed/distressed lifecycle categories…
How Have BDC Funding Profiles Trended?
BDCs took advantage of strong capital market conditions moving out of the pandemic to issue record amounts of unsecured debt,…
Big fund fatigue
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Last week we mentioned the overall fundraising slowdown, which was highlighted in PitchBook’s US PE Breakdown. Much…
Private Debt Intelligence - 7/31/2023
North America direct lending dry power reaches record levels [wpdm_package id=’65659′] Direct lending dry powder in North America hit a…
The Market Now
Our last Market Now series came in March 2022 [link] after Covid had peaked and begun to fade, when Russia…