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The Pulse of Private Equity – 9/3/2024

Platform LBO and growth equity as a share of all PE deals Download PitchBook’s Report here. In the second quarter of 2024, add-on transactions accounted for a significant 77.4% of all PE buyouts, marking an increase of 226 basis points over the 2023 average…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...

Middle Market & Private Credit – 9/3/2024

Fitch’s Privately Monitored Middle Market Portfolio Overview, 2Q24 Click here to download report. In the charts that follow, Fitch presents aggregate data for MM companies, defined as in the area of $500 million of debt or $100 million of EBITDA or below, that it privately rates for asset managers…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member?

Middle Market & Private Credit – 8/12/2024

Fitch’s Privately Monitored Middle Market Portfolio Overview, 2Q24 Click here to download report. In the charts that follow, Fitch presents aggregate data for MM companies, defined as in the area of $500 million of debt or $100 million of EBITDA or below, that it privately rates for asset managers…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member?

Private Debt Intelligence - 8/12/2024

Private debt fundraising recovers toward trend Read more in Preqin’s Insights+ Report: Investor Outlook: H2 2024 Half of LPs surveyed in June for Preqin’s Investor Outlook plan to commit more capital to private debt over the next 12 months…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...

Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis - 8/12/2024

Institutional loans calendar slows in August amid traditional summer holidays but ahead of year ago-levels At just under US$31bn, the US institutional loans calendar edged down modestly in early August (from US$34.4bn) as lender and issuer activity slowed ahead of the peak summer holidays…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...

PDI Picks – 8/12/2024

Big and getting bigger: insurance in private credit Insurance companies are some of the biggest allocators to private credit already, but there is still a lot of room for the partnership to grow further. With insurance regulatory regimes varying between countries – and in the US, between states – and insurers having different needs and…

Middle Market & Private Credit – 8/5/2024

Comparing Business Development Companies and Middle Market Collateralized Loan Obligations (Part 2) Click here to learn more. There can be a meaningful difference in the seniority of the assets in a MM CLO versus those in a BDC. MM CLOs consist almost exclusively of first lien senior secured loans, while BDCs can invest all the…

The Pulse of Private Equity – 8/5/2024

Deals with nonbacked companies as targets as a share of all PE buyouts by quarter Download PitchBook’s Report here. Borrowing costs remain elevated and will likely stay that way for the remainder of 2024. As a result, PE firms continue to look further down market at companies with lower, more favorable purchase prices to compensate for…