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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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    Hot Spots

    Reflecting investors’ preference for defensive sectors, business services led all industries for loans recently launched.

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    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…

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    Loan Stats at a Glance - 2/1/2021

    Contact: Marina Lukatskymarina.lukatsky@spglobal.com

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    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…

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    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…

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    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.

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    Stat of the Week: Cumulative COVID vaccination doses administered (%)

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    -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…

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    Percentage of Loans that Allow Uncapped Synergies & Cost Savings EBITDA Adjustments

    Contact: Steven Miller

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    Select Deals in the Market - 1/25/2021

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    What should be the top priority under the new government administration?

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    Hope Springs

    Most investors expect distressed loans to peak before the second half of 2021.

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    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…

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