Chart of the Week: What Inflation?
Despite the threat of higher prices, long-term interest rates have eased, supporting bonds of all stripes.
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Private Debt Intelligence – 6/7/2021
Average fund size in private debt increasing in 2021 The average fund size in private debt has increased by almost $200m between 2020 and 2021 so far. In 2020, 244 funds raised aggregate capital of $160bn, resulting in an average fund size of $743m…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
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Covenant Trends – 6/7/2021
Average New-Issue Clearing Spreads (Single B) and Covenant Terms for PE-Backed First-Lien Institutional Loans (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Steven Miller
PDI Picks – 6/7/2021
The distressed opportunity mounts up Leveraged loan defaults have been accelerating, with companies having come under strain during the pandemic. Considering there has been a lot of talk about the delaying of the distressed opportunity as a result of companies being propped up by government support schemes, the figures in the chart above – showing…
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Loan Stats at a Glance – 6/7/2021
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Inflation: A Transitory Thing
We continue our special inflation series with Nuveen’s chief investment strategist, Brian Nick. Are inflation worries overblown? “Prices of certain goods and services are rising for a variety of reasons,” he told us, “all we believe will be transitory. April’s CPI report showed inflation will peak at a higher level this year than expected. But […]
Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis – 5/31/2021
Global ESG-linked institutional loan volume sets steady pace in 2021 In a testament to the broadening reach of Sustainability linked lending, the global loan market has been tapped with over US$22bn of ESG-linked institutional loan volume via 21 issues so far this year, up from a small handful during all of 2020. In fact, after…
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