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Private Debt Intelligence – 2/20/2017
Credit Strategies Start 2017 with Positive Performance in January
Preqin research finds that credit strategies have maintained their positive performance from 2016, with a strong start to the year through January 2017, as investor and fund manager confidence in the strategy grows.
Credit strategies were the second best performing leading hedge fund strategy last year with annual returns of 8.50%, well outstripping the Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark (7.40%)…
Read MoreLoan Stats at a Glance – 2/20/2017
Contact: Blake Udland Blake.Udland@spglobal.com
Read MoreMiddle Market Deal Terms at a Glance – Feb 2017
Source: SPP Capital Partners Contact: Stefan Shaffer stefan@sppcapital.com
Read MoreStat of the Week: U.S. Budget Deficits
Select Deals in the Market – 2/13/2017
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Read More2017 – A Look Ahead (Third of a Series)
Last week we punctured the myth that the influx of new private debt funds is creating excess demand for the…
Read MoreGreat Expectations
The vast majority of respondents to William Blair’s survey on leverage lending conditions believe leverage and terms will either loosen or remain unchanged.
Read MoreLead Left Interview – Eric Green and Mark O’Keeffe (Part 2)
This week we continue our conversation with Eric Green and Mark O’Keeffe of Muzinich and Co. Muzinich is a global…
Read MorePrivate Debt Intelligence – 2/13/2017
Private Debt Investors Delighted with Fund Performance
At the end of 2016, Preqin conducted surveys with over 90 private debt investors in order to gauge their satisfaction with the performance of the private debt asset class and to ascertain their investment plans for both 2017 and long-term future.
More than a quarter (27%) of private debt investors surveyed stated that the performance had exceeded their expectations, an increase of nine percentage points compared to the end of 2015…
Read MoreLoan Stats at a Glance – 2/13/2017
Contact: Blake Udland Blake.Udland@spglobal.com
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