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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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    Blending Club

    First-lien/mezz is the costliest capital structure for sponsors; unitranche is coming down.

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    Average Unadjusted Leverage Through F&C for M&A-Driven Loan Deals

    Contact: Steven Miller

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    Private Debt Intelligence - 11/18/2019

    Direct Lending Fundraising Recovers [wpdm_package id=’30105′] Private debt fundraising kept decreasing in 2019, driven by a fall in mezzanine and…

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    Where’s the Line Between Senior Stretch and Unitranche?

    This week we fearlessly tackle one of the most frequently asked questions in private credit: Namely, where do you draw…

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    Loan Stats at a Glance - 11/18/2019

    Contact: Marina Lukatsky marina.lukatsky@spglobal.com

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    The Haves and Have-Nots in Leveraged Loans

    Issuers in leveraged lending today are divided into three categories: the haves, the have-nots, and the wish-they-hads. With about six…

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    U.S. productivity dropped for the first time since 2015 because of:

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    Stat of the Week: Commercial Banks in the U.S. (#)

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    Select Deals in the Market - 11/11/2019

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    BDC leverage on the rise, one tool to combat falling Libor

    After peaking in December 2018 at over 2.8%, 3-month Libor has since fallen to 1.9% and BDCs are reporting lower…

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    PE’s tech infatuation

    Download PitchBook’s Report here. Tech-focused dry powder has almost doubled since 2016. The latest returns data available is through March of…

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    Average Minimum Day-One Capped Basket Capacity

    Contact: Steven Miller

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    Finding the Line: Senior Stretch vs. Unitranche (First of Two Parts)

    On a fourteen-hour flight from Seoul, we sat next to the head of a very successful private credit shop. Besides…

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    Stretch Marks

    Leverage for middle market unitranches has matched first-lien large cap leverage.

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    Higher rated loan repricing volume jumps

    Source: Debtwire Par Institutional loan repricing activity jumped sharply in October to USD 13.9bn, exceeding the combined USD 8.6bn recorded…

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    Private Debt Intelligence - 11/11/2019

    Women in Private Debt [wpdm_package id=’29876′] The number of women that are working in alternatives has increased compared with two…

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