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Debtwire Middle-Market – 2/5/2024

Source: VanEck BDC Income ETF, BofA Merrill Lynch US High Yield Effective Yield The blue line in the chart is the current dividend yield of the *VanEck BDC Income ETF (currently at 10.9% as of 2 February, down from the highest level in last 12 months of 12.1% in May 2023) that tracks the overall performance…

PDI Picks – 2/5/2024

Queuing for seconds Investor appetite for credit secondaries has tripled since 2022, according to our latest Perspectives study. Investors are more switched on than ever to the opportunities available in private credit secondaries, according to Private Debt Investor’s LP Perspectives 2024 Study. In all, 21 percent of LPs now plan to commit capital to secondaries funds…

Middle Market & Private Credit – 1/29/2024

U.S. Middle Market CLO Snapshot (4Q23) Overall credit quality across U.S. middle market (MM) CLOs under Fitch Ratings’ surveillance remained stable throughout 2023 with muted defaults, while exposure to assets rated ‘CCC+’ or below increased, according to the latest U.S. MM CLO Snapshot. The quarterly report is accompanied by the Fitch U.S. MM Leveraged Loan…

Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis - 1/29/2024

Daily Analytic: Direct lending comprised 59% of US LBO volume in 2023 Execution risk drove more LBO issuers towards the direct lending market last year. US direct lending LBO volume totaled US$57.8bn in 2023, 38% lower year-over-year. Last year’s total comprised 59% of overall US LBO loan volume, easily an all-time high, topping 2022’s 45%…

Covenant Trends - 1/29/2024

Distribution of MFN Maturity Carveout Horizons (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Steven Miller smiller@covenantreview.com