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“A Slow Sort of Country”
Media coverage at the time trumpeted how banks were fighting to regain lost share to direct lenders. It also warned…
Read MoreFast and Furious (Second of Two Parts)
As we discussed in our Best Practices in Private Credit series, portfolio construction is everything. With little way out short…
Read MoreFast and Furious (Part One of Two)
The Magnificent Seven, representing 40% of the Nasdaq 100, is an extreme example of industry concentration. The market cap of…
Read MoreTyranny of Dry Powder – An Update
Partnering with top-tier private equity firms also creates alignment with more defensive, growth-oriented sectors. Not coincidentally, these businesses retain the…
Read MoreWhere We Are (Last of a Series)
For investors, then, conditions remain propitious for private credit. The delivery of yield premiums to liquids, lower risk, and predictable…
Read MoreWhere We Are (Third of a Series)
The media seems to characterize amendments and extensions as financing gimmicks, but they are well-worn features of the leverage finance…
Read MoreWhere We Are (Second of a Series)
How challenging has it been to predict the next recession? An inverted Treasury yield curve, a reliable forecaster of the…
Read MoreWhere We Are (First of a Series)
Some credit managers, in more desperate bids to put idle cash to work, are offering aggressive terms to smaller businesses.…
Read MoreBest Practices in Private Credit (Last of a Series)
We’ve spent the last six weeks outlining best practices top direct lenders employ so portfolios generate the highest returns complemented…
Read MoreBest Practices in Private Credit (Sixth of a Series)
Our underwriting teams start by analyzing financials from portfolio company CFOs, comparing them to prior year, budget, and downside cases.…
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