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Indecision 2020
It’s characteristic of the most bizarre year in memory that the presidential election has ended with a big “TBD.” An unsurprising outcome given the dynamics of voter turnout and mail-in ballots, as well as an almost perfectly polarized political climate. What continues to surprise is how little impact this uncertainty has had on the capital…
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Chart of the Week: Coronacoaster
With colder weather and lax safety measures, new COVID-19 cases have accelerated.
Debtwire Middle-Market – 11/2/2020
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…
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Private Debt Intelligence – 11/2/2020
Investors Swift Their Allocation to Private Debt The way in which private debt investors allocate is changing. The COVID-19 pandemic has made it challenging for investors to form new relationships and they might have chosen to invest with already known fund managers…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
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PDI Picks – 11/2/2020
Private debt’s next frontier Asia-Pacific has many attributes which should make investors sit up and take notice. In our recently published Asia-Pacific Report, PDI examined prospects for private debt in the region. As can be seen from the chart above, fundraising has held up well even amid the turbulence of 2020. So what is driving…
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Loan Stats at a Glance – 11/2/2020
Contact: Marina Lukatskymarina.lukatsky@spglobal.com
The Pulse of Private Equity – 10/26/2020
Cross-border acquisitions have slowed dramatically Download PitchBook’s Report here. M&A activity is expected to increase in the quarters ahead, but one trend that may need more time to recover is cross-border M&A. PitchBook’s latest M&A numbers show a steep decline in in-bound M&A deals for North American companies. Thus far, only 526 in-bound M&A deals have…
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