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Private Debt Intelligence - 11/18/2019

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Direct Lending Fundraising Recovers Private debt fundraising kept decreasing in 2019, driven by a fall in mezzanine and distressed debt fundraising. However, direct lending continues to represent the largest bulk of fundraising activity, and 2019 has seen a big recover for this strategy. Direct lending fell in 2018 closing 84 funds securing $52bn, after seeing…

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Debtwire Middle-Market – 11/18/2019

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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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Where’s the Line Between Senior Stretch and Unitranche?

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This week we fearlessly tackle one of the most frequently asked questions in private credit: Namely, where do you draw the line between a #SeniorStretch loan and a #Unitranche? It’s a topic that’s gained increasing traction as issuer leverage has risen steadily, going back well before the financial crisis. Back in the early 2000’s when […]

The Haves and Have-Nots in Leveraged Loans

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Issuers in leveraged lending today are divided into three categories: the haves, the have-nots, and the wish-they-hads. With about six weeks of business left to the year, the differences between haves and have-nots is growing. In the #BroadlySyndicatedMarket, the combination of triple-C anxiety among CLO managers and cash out-flow worries with retail funds have impelled […]