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Debtwire Middle-Market – 1/13/2020

Loan repricing streak continues into 2020, spreads to single-B names Source: Debtwire Par Institutional loan repricings have continued their hot streak into 2020, with USD 17.9bn of repricings in the syndicated loan pipeline as of January 15. This represents roughly half of all institutional loans currently in the syndication phase. 2019 was a light year…

Private Debt Intelligence - 1/13/2020

Private Debt Fundraising Slows in 2019 More than 200 private debt funds closed in each year from 2015 to 2018. But 2019 fundraising has lagged, and at the end of the year just 152 funds have reached a final close. Collectively, those funds secured $107bn, the lowest annual total since 2015 and a 11% decrease…

Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis - 1/6/2020

2019 US Syndicated loan volume down 20% compared to 2018 record high At US$2.1trn 2019 U.S. syndicated loan volume was down 20% compared to the record setting US$2.6trn raised the prior year amid a thinner pipeline of deals, higher market valuations and the long – if tangential – shadows cast by geopolitical and economic unease….

The Pulse of Private Equity – 1/6/2020

2020 prediction – a dip in fundraising Download PitchBook’s Report here. 2019 fundraising levels hit record territory in the US, passing $300 billion for the first time. Year-end numbers show a decline in the number of fund closings, though, which fell to 202. Despite the capital haul, that’s the fewest US fund closings since 2012. Taken…