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Lead Left Interview - Robert Radway (Part 2)

This week we continue our conversation with Robert Radway, chairman and chief executive officer of NXT Capital. Started in 2010, NXT is a finance company that is focused on middle market corporate finance and commercial real estate along with having a very significant asset management platform. Prior to NXT Robert Radway was founder and president…

Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis - 1/15/2018

U.S. new issue CLOs reached US$117bn in 2017 with an additional US$165bn in CLO refis and resets  Although loan fund outflows have been more frequent since the fall, US$12.7bn flowed into mutual funds in 2017. Separate managed account money grew as pensions, endowments and family offices along with insurance companies, and sovereign wealth funds allocated…

Debtwire Middle-Market – 1/15/2018

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…

The Pulse of Private Equity - 1/15/2018

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

Private Debt Intelligence - 1/15/2018

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…