PE-backed company inventory by age of investment Download PitchBook’s Report here. Smaller companies, less reliant on global exposure, remain attractive to strategic buyers seeking bolt-ons and niche capabilities…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Of the top ten largest sovereign wealth funds in the world, four are Middle Eastern. Source: Bloomberg
When we visited friends and clients in Kuwait last November, we noted increased sophistication of institutional and sovereign wealth investors around private capital. That trend continues. As with Oman, Kuwait has a sovereign wealth fund, though significantly larger at $1 trillion, making it the fifth largest in the world. Like the OIA, the Kuwait Investment…
KBRA DLD Default Indices(TTM 10/14/25) (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Eric Rosenthaleric.rosenthal@kbra.com
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 12.6% as of 9 October, close to its five-year peak of 12.8% on 8 April) that tracks the overall performance of publicly traded business…
Launched Volume Source: LevFin Insights New-issue Yields Source: LevFin Insights Weekly Fund Flows Source: Lipper (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Robert Polenbergrobert.polenberg@levfininsights.com
Average Total Deleveraging Required To Meet RP Ratio Test (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Steven Miller smiller@covenantreview.com
Systemic Shock Could Expose Private Credit’s Broad Reach Click here to download report. A shock to the financial system that impacts the private credit sector could reveal the extent that it has moved from a niche product for sophisticated investors to an increasingly relevant component of the global capital markets…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a
3Q25 US direct lending loan volume up 10.5% Q-o-Q amid flush of new money activity US lenders placed a combined total of nearly US$87bn of direct lending loan volume in 3Q25 for large corporate and middle market borrowers, an increase of 10.5% compared to 2Q25 results…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Multi-regional funds and secondaries on the rise Two trends have emerged from our latest fundraising data to the end of Q3. The US is no longer the capital magnet it used to be. The April ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs were perhaps the biggest shock among the political turbulence that has been unsettling financial markets throughout the…