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…
Average Free-and-Clear Dollar Cap as a Multiple of Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA Contact: Steven Miller
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Welcome to the private debt show Download PitchBook’s Report click here. Following the financial crisis, raising funds for private debt vehicles has mirrored—and in some cases exceeded—the exponential growth of the larger private capital market. 2017 was a record year in capital commitments, which totaled more than $118 billion globally…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a
Source: SPP Capital Partners Contact: Stefan Shaffer stefan@sppcapital.com
Private Debt Dry Powder As at December 2017, private debt sits on a record amount of $235bn in dry powder, exceeding the previous record of $218 set in December 2015. The $235bn is also an increase of $17bn from December 2016, as well as being over twice the amount of dry powder seen seven years…
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Italian bank CDS amid senior non-preferred issuance In our last article of 2017 we noted that it was widely billed as the year of political risk. Perhaps those in the fixed income world will call 2018 the year of TLAC (Total Loss Absorbing Capacity). It doesn’t have quite the same resonance, but there is little…