U.S. MM CLO Spotlight – August 2024 Click here to download report. Defaults and Deferring Marginally Down Fifteen CLOs had exposure to at least one defaulted or deferring issuer at the end of August 2024…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
PE exit/investment ratio Download PitchBook’s Report here. GPs that have held out for better exit conditions stretched out the median holding period of PE investments, which reached a record of 6.4 years for US PE middle-market assets in 2023…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
YTD 2024 US repricing volume at over US$300bn Nearly US$310bn of completed US loan volume represents repriced credits so far this year…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Fundraising down, but interest is maintained While capital raising in North America struggled in the first six months of 2024, hopes are high of a strong finish to the year. North American fundraising during the first half of 2024 ran far behind the first half of 2023, according to the latest Private Debt Investor data….
Investor sentiment towards private debt remains strong Read more in Preqin’s: Trending Data: Investor interest grows in private equity, real estate, and VC. Private debt remains the most popular alternative asset class among investors, scoring 70.9% on Preqin’s Investor Sentiment Index…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Healthcare IT PE deal count Download PitchBook’s Report here. In the lower middle market, we are beginning to see more examples of a phenomenon we have anticipated for a while: PE firms and PE-backed companies acquiring VC-backed startups…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
BDC Cash Income Dividend Coverage Pressured by Payment-in-Kind Income Click here to learn more. U.S. business development companies’ (BDCs) cash earnings coverage of dividends is expected to weaken further from 2Q24 levels as the persistence of elevated interest rates will drive further increases in paid-in-kind (PIK) income, Fitch Ratings says. Potential rate cuts, spread compression…
Over US$2bn of loans added to BDC non-accrual status in 2Q24. non-accrual rate ticks up Over US$2bn of BDC loans were added to non-accrual status in the most recent quarter. In turn, the weighted average non-accrual rate for public and private BDCs combined ticked up to 1.66% in 2Q24…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member?
New money leveraged loans have a stronger showing in 3Q24 After a slow start to the year, leveraged issuers are increasingly tapping lenders for new and/or incremental loan capacity…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Waiting for the specialty wave There are reasons why you might expect esoteric strategies to garner more investor dollars, but it may not be straightforward. Our Investor Report 2024 shows no obvious change in limited partners’ appetite for different types of private debt strategy. Direct lending has long been in favour and appears to remain…