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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.
Reorg Credit Intelligence - 10/11/2021
CalPlant Bankruptcy Supported by 62% of Senior Bondholders; Toggle Plan Envisions Sale or Restructuring CalPlant I LLC and parent company…
Middle market non-sponsored syndicated M&A jumped to US$4.4bn in 3Q21
The non-sponsored middle market added another strong quarter to the books. While issuance was slightly down from 2Q21, it was…
Sliding Scale
Has the decades-old secular decline of long-term interest rate yields come to an end?
Q3 was another blockbuster
Download PitchBook’s Report here. No rest for the weary: PitchBook’s latest US PE Breakdown is out, and the third quarter set…
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Private Debt Intelligence - 10/11/2021
PD sees high levels of Q3 fundraising [wpdm_package id=’49080′] Although fundraising in Q3 is traditionally quiet, this past quarter has…
Percentage of Loans with F&C Tranche / Pro Forma EBITDA >0.9x
(Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Steven Miller
Is distressed debt an old-fashioned notion?
Traditional cycles may be a thing of the past – what matters is having the skills to take advantage of…
Loan Stats at a Glance - 10/11/2021
Contact: Marina Lukatskymarina.lukatsky@spglobal.com
Quarterly buyout volume reaches new heights in 3Q21
Source: Dealogic, Debtwire Par Institutional loans supporting buyout activity jumped to USD 21.1bn in September, bringing the quarterly figure to…
Private Debt Intelligence - 10/4/2021
Dry Powder for Direct Lending Senior Debt at Record High [wpdm_package id=’48963′] Almost 60% of dry powder in direct lending…
1-3Q21 leveraged issuance sets new record at US$1.3Tr
U.S. bank arrangers completed over US$250bn of leveraged loan issuance during the quarter, the strongest 3Q results since 2017 as…
PE’s growth compared to the public market
Download PitchBook’s Report here. As an asset class, private equity’s growth has exploded over the past two decades. According to PitchBook’s…







A Market in Full (First of a Series)
Of the many unanticipated consequences of Covid, one that caught our eye was the recent NYT headline: “Birds Thrived During…