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Everything Happens So Much (Last of Three Parts)

While the expected pace of Fed cuts has slowed, nothing suggests a change in direction. This course suggests a re-assessment of which strategies deserve allocations. Who will be the winners and losers? How does our high velocity environment complicate these decisions? One speaker at the GEF spoke about how managers find themselves increasingly behind the…

The Pulse of Private Equity – 10/21/2024

Median EV/revenue multiples on PE deals below $25 million Download PitchBook’s Report here. While we do not believe the much-feared valuation reset is in the cards, we do believe the uptrend in EBITDA multiples will be disrupted as deal volumes expand, especially among PE owners selling to other PE firms…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member?

Downhill From Here

Does this lower-for-longer outlook mean the end of the Golden Era for private credit investors? All-in spreads have been at all-time high, but that high-tide lifted a number of boats. Bringing corporate and high-yield bond yields down will increase the relative attractiveness of middle market debt. Easing of financing costs will boost M&A and improve […]

Debtwire Middle-Market – 10/14/2024

Source: VanEck BDC Income ETF, BofA Merrill Lynch US High Yield Effective Yield The blue line in the chart is the current dividend yield of the *VanEck BDC Income ETF (currently at 11.3% as of 14 October) that tracks the overall performance of publicly traded business development companies (BDCs, are lenders to privately held middle-market businesses…

Covenant Trends - 10/14/2024

Percentage of Loans with F&C Tranche Growers (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Steven Miller smiller@covenantreview.com

Middle Market & Private Credit – 10/14/2024

Net Asset Downgrades Ease in September for US BSL CLOs Click here to download report. Fitch Ratings-rated U.S. CLOs backed by broadly syndicated loans (BSL) experienced just two net downgrades in the underlying assets – the fewest in the latest trailing twelve-month (TTM) period. The TTM period averaged about 12 net downgrades per month, but…

The Pulse of Private Equity – 10/14/2024

PE take-private deal activity Download PitchBook’s Report here. In Q3 2024, take-private deal activity plummeted from the two-year high recorded in Q2. Deal count declined from 31 to 18, and deal value plunged from $71.6 billion to $43.9 billion…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...

Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis - 10/14/2024

US LBO Capital Structures: In world of high valuations, increased senior leverage and equity prevail in 3Q24 While pro forma leverage and equity contributions for US large cap LBO transactions have remained elevated, and continue to move higher and parallel with valuations despite higher rates, capital structures have evolved accordingly…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a