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Lead Left Interview - Cheryl Carner

This week we chat with Cheryl Carner, managing director of Crystal Financial LLC. Based in Boston with offices in Atlanta and LA, Crystal Financial is a commercial finance company that originates, underwrites and manages secured debt. Their clients are middle market corporations that operate in a diverse set of industries. The Lead Left: Cheryl, it’s…

Markit Recap – 5/18/2015

Asian corporates hold up during bond selloff The recent bond selloff in Europe and the US has led to corporate spreads widening, but Asian bonds have bucked the trend with long maturity bonds… Login to Read More...

Chart of the Week - Cash Slow

Reported cash flow growth of all institutional loan issuers has slowed from nearly 20% to just over 5% during the past four years of weak economic recovery.

The Pulse of Private Equity - 5/18/2015

Canada Keeps Climbing Canadian PE activity put together another solid first quarter, amassing about C$8 billion through 63 deals to start 2015. Both totals are slight declines YoY, but on the whole activity has remained robust…. Login to Read More...

Why Credit Standards Matter (Third of a Series)

In the previous two issues of our special series on the state of credit standards in the leveraged lending market, we took a deep dive on covenant trends. This week we take a step back and look at the overall picture of middle market credit fundamentals. So much of leveraged lending is tied to the…