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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 
Monthly LBO lending decelerates, yet 1Q20 finishes strong; Outlook bleak
LBOs decelerated in March, to 47% of monthly U.S. direct lending volume, according to Direct Lending Deals. The drop was…
Labor Pains
US jobless claims totaled 10 million in two weeks; it took six months to hit those levels during the Great Recession.
Private Debt Intelligence - 4/6/2020
The impact of COVID-19 on capital calls, distributions, and net cash flows [wpdm_package id=’33682′] A Preqin-FRG forecasting model shows that…
Fundraising in the time of coronavirus
Private debt funds are finding it tough to raise capital, but this was true before the virus struck. In the…
Loan Stats at a Glance - 4/6/2020
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Hopes for building 2020 loan mart are shortlived as Covid-19 spreads
Several headlines have rattled the markets over the last few years – some were fuelled by geopolitical unrest, some by…
When buyout funds face a crisis
Download PitchBook’s Report here. The Financial Crisis of 2008 was a manmade one, which gave us a degree of confidence that…
The Great Stay-In (Fourth of a Series)
“We did not underwrite for this.” So said the managing partner of a top-tier middle market private equity firm. In…
Year of the Virus
A recent Refinitiv lender survey revealed expectations of a quick COVID-19 resolution is unlikely.
The Great Stay-In (Fifth of a Series)
“As goes COVID-19, so goes the nation.” Paraphrasing the famous 1950’s dictum on General Motors’ relationship to the welfare of…