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Debtwire Middle-Market – 3/2/2020

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…

The Pulse of Private Equity – 2/24/2020

Holding on to winners Last month we wrote about the decline in PE holding times, with the median dropping below five years for the first time in almost a decade. These figures represent portfolio companies and not fund durations (longer-dated funds are relatively new and don’t move the needle yet). PEGs are simply turning companies…