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Breakfast of Champions

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If it’s not one thing, it’s another. The FDA last month began a formal investigation into complaints that eating Lucky Charms was making people sick. On www.iwaspoisoned.com, a social media forum for food ingestion concerns, over 7000 reported serious stomach problems after eating the popular cereal. As responsible adults we had always assumed breakfast items…

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Debtwire Middle-Market – 5/23/2022

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Source: Cliffwater Direct Lending Index and BofA Merrill Lynch US High Yield Effective Yield The red line in the chart is the *Cliffwater Direct Lending Index (CDLI) current yield, which is based on the investment income of the underlying assets held by public and private BDCs. BDCs invest in middle market companies, and the Index…

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Private Debt Intelligence - 5/23/2022

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Private debt returns rebound in 2021 Despite consistent asset class growth, private debt returns were mostly on a downward path in the past 10 years. The three-year rolling IRR fell from 14.0% in December 2011 to just 5.0% in December 2020. However, performance improved last year, increasing to 7.1% as of September 2021… Subscribe to

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PDI Picks – 5/23/2022

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A subdued start to the year for capital raising The boom in senior debt fundraising subsided somewhat in the first quarter of the year, while North America remained the dominant region. Fundraising in Q1 2022 continued the very gradual downward trend of the past six years, according to Private Debt Investor data. However, given that…

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