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Debtwire Middle-Market – 1/1/2018

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…

Déjà View

Another year, another fruitcake article. This one from last Thursday’s WSJ. Long-distance hikers are the latest consumer market niche to fall for the oft-abused holiday fare. “Better than energy bars,” one new fan enthused. “We’re just burned out on gorp,” explained another. No less a personage than Appalachian trail guru, Edward Garvey, gave the fruit-and-nut…

Lead Left Interview – Derek Gluckman (Part 2)

This week we continue our conversation with Derek Gluckman, a vice president and senior covenant officer at Moody’s. Derek is responsible for research on the Covenants team. He’s been at Moody’s since 2015. Prior to that he was a corporate attorney at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. Second of two parts – View part one. The Lead…

Private Debt Intelligence - 1/1/2018

Private Debt Fundraising in 2017 by Fund Type 2017 was a record year for private debt fundraising, as 126 vehicles secured a total of $98bn in capital. In comparison, 2016 saw 164 vehicles reach a final close, raising $99bn in capital. Preqin expects the 2017 figures to rise up to 10% as more information becomes…

Markit Recap – 12/11/2017

Italy CDS – watch the ISDA basis This year was widely touted by many – including yours truly – as the year of political risk. As we now know it didn’t turn out that way. Emmanuel Macron fought off the challenge of the National Front, Mark Rutte was re-elected as Dutch Prime Minister and Italy…