Covenant and pricing changes were two most amended provision in 2Q20 US middle market Refinitiv LPC tracked 50 US middle market publicly filed 8K summaries that involved a loan amendment in 2Q20. The most changed provision according to those summaries was to financial covenants, where 48% of the amendments involved a change. Borrowers either received…
Non Accruals rise, not spike; Lower middle market BDCs steady at 7.5% BDC non-accruals rose to an average of 5.3% at June 30, up from 4.9% at the end of March, based on a DLD analysis using Refinitiv’s BDC Collateral database. Last quarter’s increase hoisted the average above the historical range of 3% to 5%…
Fund Managers are committed to ESG Integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into the investment process is becoming a usual part of doing business for alternatives fund managers. The amount of capital raised by ESG-committed funds over the last five years has been unceasingly growing…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Less for distress The coronavirus crisis may have been expected to lead to a fundraising surge for troubled companies. But investors are wary of making bad moves. Investors may be convinced of the intellectual case for changing their private credit allocations in reaction to the coronavirus crisis and its huge policy response. However, this crisis…
Combined AUM for US CLOs and retail loan funds inched up to US$784bn in July US CLO assets under management along with loan mutual fund assets under management, inched up in July for a combined total of US$784.4bn, which remains down 1.5% from January’s US$796bn peak. Loan market outstandings ticked lower to end July at…
Big funds are more visible in 2020 Download PitchBook’s Report here. Fundraising has been more difficult in 2020, more so for smaller funds but less difficult for larger ones. The funds that have closed this year have tended to be on the larger side, according to PitchBook’s just released Private Fund Strategies Report, causing a spike…
Special Situations Funds in Market Special situations funds have gained prominence over the second quarter of 2020, being the catalyst of private debt fundraising recovery. And the market continues to be crowded with special situations funds. As of today (19th August 2020) there are 67 special situations funds in market, seeking for a combined $27.8bn….
Midyear grading Download PitchBook’s Report here. Late last year we released our Private Equity Outlook, which boiled down to seven predictions for the year ahead. The maelstrom of 2020 has laid waste to many market predictions, including some of ours, but one is worth mentioning midway through the year…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log
BDC portfolio non-accrual rates hit 5.53% so far in 2Q20 Digging into portfolio performance remains the top priority for BDC research analysts on BDC earnings calls this week. Even though most BDCs are showing a rebound in asset values, its mostly being driven by a spread tightening envionment with credit performance still an issue. After…
Special Situation Funds are on the Raise The private debt industry had a very slow start of the year, but in Q2 2020, fundraising peaked, being distressed debt and special situations the catalyst for this bounce-back. Special situations fundraising has had peaks and troughs over the last ten years, reaching the highest amount of capital…