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Middle Market & Private Credit – 11/18/2024

Fitch’s Privately Monitored Middle Market Portfolio Overview − 3Q24 (Part 3) Click here to download report. In the charts above, Fitch presents aggregate data for Middle Market companies that it privately rates on a monitored basis for asset managers, defined as:… Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...

Middle Market & Private Credit – 11/11/2024

Fitch’s Privately Monitored Middle Market Portfolio Overview − 3Q24 (Part 2) Click here to download report. In the charts above, Fitch presents aggregate data for Middle Market companies that it privately rates on a monitored basis for asset managers, defined as:… Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...

Middle Market & Private Credit – 11/4/2024

Fitch’s Privately Monitored Middle Market Portfolio Overview − 3Q24 (Part 1) Click here to download report. In the charts above, Fitch presents aggregate data for Middle Market companies that it privately rates on a monitored basis for asset managers, defined as:… Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...

Middle Market & Private Credit – 10/28/2024

Record U.S. BDC Unsecured Debt Issuance Helps Address Refinance Needs (Part 2) Click here to download report. Since the beginning of September, rated BDCs have collectively issued $4 billion in unsecured debt. Blue Owl Credit Income Corp. accounts for $1.3 billion of this, including a recent AUD450 million Australia dollar-denominated offering…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready

Middle Market & Private Credit – 10/21/2024

Record U.S. BDC Unsecured Debt Issuance Helps Address Refinance Needs Click here to download report. Record debt issuance by Fitch-rated business development companies (BDCs) in 2024 has improved funding flexibility and is indicative of expansion of the investor base for issuers, Fitch Ratings says…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...

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…

Middle Market & Private Credit – 10/7/2024

Cushions in Collateral Quality Tests Stay Mostly Positive Click here to download report. All Fitch-rated MM CLOs include a Fitch Test Matrix as part of a CLO’s Collateral Quality Tests (CQTs) in MM CLOs, including Fitch weighted average recovery rate (WARR), Fitch weighted average rating factor (WARF), weighted average spread (WAS) and weighted average life…

Middle Market & Private Credit – 9/30/2024

Private Credit Default Rate Debuts at 5.0% Click here to download report. Fitch Ratings’ Private Credit Default Rate (PCDR) launches at 5.0% for August 2024, covering nearly 1,200 issuers covered by Fitch in the broad private credit segment. This report highlights sector specific default rates, key trends in default activity through the year-to-date (YTD) period,…

Middle Market & Private Credit – 9/23/2024

U.S. MM CLO Spotlight – August 2024 Click here to download report. ‘CCC’ Exposure Slightly Up Exposure to assets with Fitch IDRs or credit opinions of ‘CCC+’ or below, excluding nonrated assets, increased by 20 bps to 18.4%, compared to last month and is up by 3.3% compared to a year ago…. Subscribe to Read