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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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    Stat of the Week: Local Government Payrolls Change* (%)

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    PE and Supply Chains

    Even in normal times, private equity sponsors pay ruthless attention to cost structures of portfolio companies. Covid has raised to…

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    For 2022, we are considering rebalancing portfolio allocations more to ___.

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    Select Deals in the Market - 10/4/2021

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    Supply Chain Blues (Last of a Series)

    Last fall, the Harvard Business Review examined Covid’s impact on supply chains [link]. The pandemic, they wrote, “exposed vulnerabilities in…

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    Delivering the Goods

    Increased bottlenecks from Covid-related issues have extended expected lead times.

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    Single-B PE-Backed First-Lien Loan Spreads and Covenant Terms

    (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Steven Miller

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    The challenge of meeting ESG ambitions

    Sustainability is increasingly being factored into investment decisions, but there is little uniformity in approach. Everyone can agree that taking…

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    Loan Stats at a Glance - 10/4/2021

    Contact: Marina Lukatskymarina.lukatsky@spglobal.com

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    2021 Sponsored leveraged loan issuance is US$493.4bn, up 120% YoY

    Near the end of the 3Q21, sponsored leveraged loan issuance for the year is US$493.4bn, broken out between US$122.9bn of…

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    Deal Flow and Bandwidth Issues

    Before Covid the persistent view of private credit was too much capital chasing too few deals. Transaction inflation was resulting…

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    Stat of the Week: COVID-19 fully vaccinated rates by state* (%)

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    SPAC IPOs are down, SPAC acquisitions are up

    Download PitchBook’s Report here. SPAC IPO volume is down considerably in mid-2021. A decline was probably inevitable, considering how massive Q1…

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    Reorg Credit Intelligence - 9/27/2021

    Structure of Revlon’s BrandCo Loan May Advantage BrandCo 2L Recoveries on RemainCo Collateral at the Expense of 2016 Term Lenders…

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    Percentage of Loans that Cleared with the Least Protective Documentation Scores (5/5+/4-) Monthly

    (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Steven Miller

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    Supply Chain Blues (Fourth of a Series)

    Even in the ordinary course of business, private equity sponsors pay ruthless attention to the cost structures of their portfolio…

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