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Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis - 10/16/2023

1Q-3Q23 US Syndicated ABL volume up 5% to US$127.0bn US syndicated ABL volume was up 5% to US$127.0 billion during 1Q-3Q23. The first nine months of 2023 set a new high for the US ABL market, however, a significant portion was completed during the first half as borrowers adopted SOFR based constructs. Only US$12.9 billion…

The Pulse of Private Equity – 10/16/2023

A historically slow exit market Download PitchBook’s Report here. PE exit activity resumed its downward trend in Q3, according to PitchBook’s Q3 US PE Breakdown. $44.1 billion was exited last quarter, the lowest quarterly total in ten years, exempting the COVID quarter of Q2 2020. While that’s very low, it could also be a bottoming out….

Covenant Trends - 10/16/2023

Distribution of Synergies & Cost Savings EBITDA Addback Time Horizons (for Actions Resulting in Addbacks) (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Steven Miller

Private Debt Intelligence - 10/16/2023

APAC-focused private debt fundraising moderates after blockbuster fund closes   Aggregate capital raised by APAC-focused private debt funds fell in 2023 amid uncertainties around interest rates. Fifteen funds raised $3.2bn to date this year, in contrast to 2022, when 41 funds raised $11.7bn, and 2021, when 42 funds raised $10.6bn…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member?

Debtwire Middle-Market – 10/16/2023

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 11%) that tracks the overall performance of publicly traded business development companies (BDCs, lenders to privately held middle-market businesses that tend to be below…

Chart of the Week: Swede Success

Industrial activity in Sweden surged in August, thanks to higher car and truck production. Source: The Daily Shot / OECD(Past performance is no guarantee of future results.)