This week we speak with Justin Kaplan, Partner, Balance Point Capital Partners, a lower-middle market investment firm with offices in Westport, CT and Hartford, CT. The Lead Left: Justin, many of us know you from your days at the Alcentra mezzanine fund, but tell us about what you’re doing at Balance Point. Justin Kaplan: I joined the…

This week we speak with Meredith Coffey, Executive VP of Research, Loan Sales and Trading Association (LSTA), the leading industry association for the loan market. TLL: Meredith, you and the LSTA have been in the forefront of trying to knock some sense into regulators on how CLOs are being negatively impacted. How’s that battle going? MC: (Laughing)…

This week we speak with Marek Olszewski, Managing Partner, Catalus Capital, a middle market investment firm with offices in Greenwich, CT and New York. TLL: Marek, your firm is probably not familiar to many of us. Tell us about what you guys do. Marek Olszewski: We are an investment fund that focuses on special situations….