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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.
North America ascendant in rat race for capital
Many smaller private debt funds may be targeting the continent, but that is at odds with the trend toward more…
Sustainability-linked loan volume dominates Green-ESG pipeline
Year to date, over US$83bn in global green and ESG linked loan volume has been announced, almost two times year…
The Upside of Data
Since July’s Fed’s rate cut, non-disappointing economic data has boosted Treasury yields.
Heads and Tails in the Credit Markets
This week’s commentary – Heads and Tails – was inspired by the discovery of a two headed snake in the…
High yield bond issuance spikes in most recent week
Source: Debtwire Par High yield bond issuance spiked last week (week ending September 13), with issuance reaching USD 13.4bn from…
Loan Stats at a Glance - 9/16/2019
Contact: Marina Lukatsky marina.lukatsky@spglobal.com
Middle Market Deal Terms at a Glance - Sept 2019
Source: SPP Capital Partners Contact: Stefan Shaffer stefan@sppcapital.com
Trends in Middle Market Leveraged Loans
We recently joined a group of direct lenders for a round of golf. In between brilliant shotmaking we chatted about…
Primary leveraged yields decline slightly in 3Q19
Primary yields have tightened slightly across rating levels so far in 3Q19. The main driver behind the decline in yields…
Eight years in the black
Between 2017 and 2018, LPs were on the receiving end of nearly $1 trillion in private equity returns, according to…
Heads and Tails
News reached us last week of a two-headed snake found in the Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey. The young…
Tale of Two Classes
As the Fed reversed course on interest rates last year, cash fled loan funds and piled into high-yield bond accounts.








And You Thought Cov-Lite Was a Problem
Two years ago we featured on these pages Oumuamua, a comet masquerading as an alien space ship [link]. Last we…