Say what you will about last year’s Covid-induced downturn in the US beginning in March. But it paled in comparison to the UK’s economic cratering. Not since the Great Frost of 1709 had that proud nation suffered such a dramatic slump. But then, like the US, the UK and Europe began to recover in similar […]
A solid start in the middle market Download PitchBook’s Report here. PitchBook’s latest US Middle Market Report shows a strong start to 2021, with the second highest quarterly totals in terms of value. An estimated $119.5 billion was invested in middle market companies in Q1. Combined with the record $160 billion from Q4, almost $280 billion…
Business services is top sector for US syndicated mid-market loan volume so far this year Through deals of June 18, year-to-date syndicated middle market volume totals US$60.2bn, 30% higher than the US$46.3bn recorded during the same period last year. The top industry so far this year is the business services sector, which has notched US$13.4bn…
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Our fondness for colorful metaphors led us, in our 2016 series, to compare European direct lending to Burger King’s new hot dog venture. The burger giant’s thesis was to apply “sixty years of flaming-grilling expertise,“ but also recognized they’d have to “chop the onions a little differently.” Apparently, hamburger prowess didn’t translate to frankfurters. The…
As in the US, European manufacturing and services has jumped higher than pre-Covid levels.
Cybersecurity and software drive mega deal trend in private debt 2021 has seen 22 private debt megadeals ($1bn+ deals) so far, three of which were in the software sector and two of which were in IT security/cybersecurity. The biggest was the $12.3bn all-cash acquisition of US cybersecurity company Proofpoint by Thoma Bravo, which Fitch Ratings…