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The Pulse of Private Equity – 3/22/2021

A good word for private equity Download PitchBook’s Report here. A quick break this week from the usual hard numbers and trendlines. PitchBook is working with the American Investment Council on a series of PE papers, and our latest is out today. In the healthcare space, PE firms are doing a lot of good in two…

DL Deals: News & Analysis  - 3/22/2021

Twenty is the new 50; Cov-lite invasion continues into direct lending It’s no exaggeration that covenant-lite is invading direct lending. Market participants across the board say today’s cutoff is $20 million EBITDA, compared to $35-40 million pre-Covid, and $50 million prior to the Great Credit Crisis of ‘08. Last week DLD covered a covenant-lite buyout…

Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis - 3/22/2021

 BDC NAV per share records 2% quarter-over-quarter growth in 4Q20 Most BDCs have now filed 4Q20 financials and according to data compiled from Refinitiv’s BDC Collateral, BDC NAV per share increased 2% from 3Q20. It was the third straight quarter of positive NAV per share, after the four quarters prior to that had averaged a…

Fran, Dan, and Ran Show (Part II): Capital Markets 2021 - COVID Impact and Outlook

Private Credit​: views from investors/LP, the opportunities, new entrants, and lessons learned from the pandemic. Churchill’s Co-Head of Senior Lending Randy Schwimmer, Cliffwater’s Head of Capital Markets Fran Beyers, Comvest Partners’ Partner Dan Lee, and Refinitiv’s Head of Market Analysis Ioana Barza share their insights. ▶︎ Watch the full version interview from Opus Connect Webinar: […]

CLOs Revisited – Ratings, Risks, and Returns (First of a Series)

“Anytime loan market technicals shift, there’s always a view that CLOs are the end of Western civilization as we know it.” So a top CLO manager related his experience over several decades. Regardless of actual historical performance, collateralized loan obligations are periodically hauled out by the media, excoriated for reckless behavior, and dismissed as just another…