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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.
Hot Spots
Reflecting investors’ preference for defensive sectors, business services led all industries for loans recently launched.
Views from the investor frontline
Distress, recession and mature markets are all front of mind for LPs keeping the faith in private debt. Our latest…
Loan Stats at a Glance - 2/1/2021
Contact: Marina Lukatskymarina.lukatsky@spglobal.com
US sponsored middle market direct lending volume reached US$71bn in 2020
According to Refinitiv LPC data, the US direct lending middle market totaled US$71bn in loan volume last year, 18% lower…
Correlation Nation: Private Credit...and Everything Else
We continue our special series with the second of our “Five Biggest Private Capital Surprises of 2020:” Surprise #2: Non-Correlated…
Special Report: Private Credit – Better than Ever
Beginning in August 2020 The Lead Left published a series of articles on the state of private credit in a COVID environment. This report consolidates those articles.
-6.2% Q1 performance for private debt
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Private debt performance struggled in Q1, according to PitchBook’s just released Global Private Debt Report. Globally, private…
Percentage of Loans that Allow Uncapped Synergies & Cost Savings EBITDA Adjustments
Contact: Steven Miller
Institutional loan pricing tightens sharply in January
Source: Debtwire Par Strong demand for loans has pushed pricing sharply tighter in January, with the first-lien institutional benchmark hitting…
Private Debt Intelligence - 1/25/2021
Private Debt AUM Reached a New Peak [wpdm_package id=’41985′] The global economic slowdown in 2020 has pushed AUM across private…
Hope Springs
Most investors expect distressed loans to peak before the second half of 2021.
All roads lead to North America
Private debt has a bias not just to fund managers based in the region but also to those investing in…







2020: A Year of Surprises (Part Three)
We continue our special series with the third of our “Five Biggest Private Capital Surprises of 2020:” Surprise #3: Where…