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The Pulse of Private Equity – 1/19/2026

Continuation-fund-related PE exit count Download PitchBook’s Report here. Exits through continuation funds, also known as GP-led secondaries, are one way that sponsors can provide liquidity to LPs while also giving themselves more time to create additional value within their portfolio companies…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...

Covenant Trends - 1/19/2026

Percentage of Loans with Uncapped Synergies & Cost Savings EBITDA Addbacks (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Steven Miller smiller@covenantreview.com

Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis - 1/19/2026

US private credit lending continued on its upward trajectory in 4Q25, driven by a jump in new money financings US direct lending sponsored volume climbed to US$109bn in 4Q25, an increase of 19% from the prior quarter. This uptick was driven by add-on M&A (+78%) and LBOs (+23%), which helped push new money financings up…

Debtwire Middle-Market – 1/12/2026

The blue line in the chart is the current dividend yield of the *VanEck BDC Income ETF (currently at 11.5% as of 15 January, versus its five-year peak of 12.8% on 8 April 2025) that tracks the overall performance of publicly traded business development companies (BDCs, are lenders to privately held middle-market businesses that tend to…

Why Private Equity Matters (Part Two)

Private equity as an asset class delivers strong returns to investors, often better than public market benchmarks (see Chart of the Week). It also diversifies investor portfolios with access to smaller high-growth private companies. As PE becomes available to high-net-worth investors, understanding how these investments work is essential for a sophisticated wealth program.  While the…

Debtwire Middle-Market – 1/19/2026

The blue line in the chart is the current dividend yield of the *VanEck BDC Income ETF (currently at 11.5% as of 15 January, versus its five-year peak of 12.8% on 8 April 2025) that tracks the overall performance of publicly traded business development companies (BDCs, are lenders to privately held middle-market businesses that tend to…