Defaulted loans ticked down slightly for BDCs in 3Q19 Lenders and investors are exhibiting growing concerns surrounding slowing growth and where the economy is headed. Yet non-accruals within BDC portfolios are not yet showing any accelerating signs of deterioration. As of the September 30 filing date, the share of BDC loans on non-accrual status as…
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…
Grading our predictions, part 3 Download PitchBook’s Report here. The past couple weeks we’ve been covering some of the PE predictions we made last year. We’ll be doing a much deeper dive on our upcoming free webinar, co-hosted with ACG. Here’s the registration link, and mark your calendars for December 17th if you’d like to join.Yours…
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Top 100 Private Debt Fund Managers The private debt industry has been unceasingly growing over the last ten years, holding more than $786bn in assets as of March 2019, almost three times bigger as in December 2009 when there were $267.3bn in AUM. The 100 largest private debt fund managers have had a major role…
Direct lending reigns supreme despite risks A plurality of LPs plan on committing more to the strategy than any other credit product, our annual investor poll found. More covenant headroom, wider credit spreads and a mountain of capital: that’s how LPs view not just for the upper mid-market or the broadly syndicated market, but all…
The number of private debt funds closed through June 30 was significantly off last year’s pace.