Chart of the Week: Off the Peak
Valuations have trended up over the past decade, but the number of M&A transactions has slowed.
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Debtwire Middle-Market – 10/21/2019
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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Loan Stats at a Glance – 10/21/2019
Contact: Marina Lukatsky marina.lukatsky@spglobal.com
State of the Capital Markets – Third Quarter 2019 Review and Fourth Quarter 2019 Outlook
Review of Current Market Conditions/ Analysis of Capital Markets Metrics/ Review of Credit Quality/ Outlook for Fourth Quarter 2019
Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis – 10/14/2019
Recent investor challenged single-B deals have yet to gain traction since breaking in the US secondary market As bifurcation among credits continues, a number of recently launched deals for single-B names received significant investor pushback during syndication. Not surprisingly perhaps, none of these loans have been bid above their break price in the secondary market….
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Deal, No Deal (First of a Series)
“I left it right on the piano bench. Now I can’t find it!” Our daughter’s flute instruction book had somehow vanished or walked off on its own. Her father is notified of this catastrophe three minutes before she is to be dropped off for her 7:30 a.m. lesson. Well, when was the last time you…
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Chart of the Week: Lost Articles
After a strong fourth quarter last year, quarterly US M&A volume has slowed.