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Business of Private Credit: Coming Home
Much attention has been paid to the suitability of Matt Damon in the lead role as the wily Odysseus in this summer’s Christopher Nolan blockbuster.
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August 12, 2026 
Special Report: Supply Chain Blues
Beginning in September 2021 The Lead Left published a series of articles on supply chain. This report consolidates those articles.
Record US$1.8tr of US leveraged issuance clears market in 2021
In the absence of major market blips or deepening concerns around deteriorating credit quality, US leveraged lenders supported nearly US$1.8tr…
Predicting the year ahead
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Every year, PitchBook gets into the prediction game. This year’s US Private Equity Outlook has 7 predictions,…
Percentage of Deals with 75+ bps MFN
(Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Steven Miller
Loan Stats at a Glance - 1/3/2022
Contact: Marina Lukatskymarina.lukatsky@spglobal.com
ESG Pressure
In IHS Markit survey, asset managers see increased investor focus on ESG matters.
Ways through the ESG maze
Europe has seen an explosion of loans encouraging better borrower behaviour in relation to ESG issues. We look at some…
Private Debt Intelligence - 1/3/2022
Private debt fundraising in 2021 [wpdm_package id=’51234′] Investor demand for private debt is strong, with funds exceeding targets by record…
2022 Outlook: Mega Pockets
In April 2015 we introduced the concept of the “cargo-pants strategy.” For direct lenders to compete against banks for leveraged…
The top-heavy fundraising market
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Last week we highlighted PitchBook’s new Quantitative Perspectives report, US PE: Recovery and Beyond, which features a…
Middle market syndicated M&A volume reaches US$49.2bn year-to-date
Middle market syndicated loan M&A volume has reached US$49.2bn year-to-date, surpassing the US$46.1bn and US$44.4bn posted in 2018 and 2019,…
Institutional loans & high yield bonds log another strong month in November
Source: Debtwire Par The leveraged debt capital markets remained strong through November, with leverage loan volume holding steady and high…
All Ahead Full: Private Credit Outlook 2022 (Last of a Series)
We planned last year to publish a special series on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG). Unlike most topics in our…