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Covenant Trends - 8/11/2025

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Percentage of Deals with 75+ bps MFN (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Steven Miller smiller@covenantreview.com

Middle Market & Private Credit – 8/11/2025

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U.S. Private Credit and Middle Market Performance Monitor: 2Q25 Click here to learn more. Fitch’s Privately Monitored Ratings Portfolio, Rating Activity The issuer-weighted TTM default rate for PMRs rose to 9.5% in 2Q25 from 7.8% in 1Q25. Fitch recorded 28 unique defaults for the TTM period, up from 23 in 1Q25. This is the highest…

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PDI Picks – 8/11/2025

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Senior debt loses its dominance The first half of this year saw investor commitments more widely dispersed in the asset class. In last week’s column, we examined the first-half global private credit fundraising figures and found that the total raised was consistent with the five-year H1 average, even though consistency was not a word associated…

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Risk On/Risk On (Part Two)

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What is coming through clearly in our conversations with credit professionals is that we are in a risk-on world. Somewhat delayed from earlier in the year, thanks to tariffs, but the strength and direction is unmistakable. This sentiment was amplified in our discussions about the US leveraged loan market in Octus Webinar: H1 2025: “How…

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