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Private Debt Intelligence - 2/21/2022

Investors’ target allocations indicate bright fundraising future for private debt Nearly every type of investor increased their target allocations to private debt over the past year, in part due to low real returns from public debt investments. Most investor types, with the exception of family offices and wealth managers, have current allocations far below target….

PDI Picks – 2/21/2022

The lure of the lease As the hunt for yield gathers even more intensity, the triple-net lease strategy is winning support. With the prospect of sustained inflation likely to further erode already diminishing fixed income yields, the hunt for yield and attractive risk-return is becoming even more urgent. Against this backdrop, increasing numbers of investors…

Debtwire Middle-Market – 2/14/2022

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…

Slower, But Still Pretty Fast

We caught up recently with our chief investment strategist at Nuveen, Brian Nick for a conversation on markets and the economy: “4Q was the best quarter of 2021 from a GDP perspective,” he told us. “Last year’s growth was 5.5%, best since 1984. Even half that rate in 2022 would still be above trend. But […]