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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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    Steady As She Goes

    Amid significant price volatility that occupied liquid markets, middle market loan trading levels were relatively stable.

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    Private Debt Intelligence - 2/4/2019

    Are First-Time Private Debt Funds Worth It? [wpdm_package id=’22886′] The private debt fund market has been somewhat unforgiving towards first-time…

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    The institutionalization of M&A

    Download PitchBook’s Report here. Last week we highlighted the growing convergence of public and private multiples. For investors who dabble in…

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    Pedal off the metal

    Fundraising tumbled in 2018, in part explained by an unwillingness to add to the stockpile of capital dedicated to distress.…

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    Debtwire Middle-Market – 2/4/2019

    Source: Cliffwater Direct Lending Index and BofA Merrill Lynch US High Yield Effective Yield The red line in the chart…

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    Loan Stats at a Glance - 2/4/2019

    Contact: Marina Lukatsky marina.lukatsky@spglobal.com

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    Highly levered middle market issuers could struggle if rates continue to rise

    Throughout most of this credit cycle, the Libor benchmark rate has remained extremely low making it quite easy for issuers…

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    Direct Lenders: What will be your biggest challenge in 2019?

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    Stat of the Week: Overnight Bank Funding Rate (%)

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    Select Deals in the Market - 1/28/2019

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    Thin January

    As hard as it is to grasp, one-twelfth of the year is already over. For the few of our readers who…

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    Rising Pipe Lifts Boats

    It’s early days, but the middle market pipeline is off to a slightly better start than 2018.

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    Public and private valuations are converging

    Download PitchBook’s Report here. Middle-market PE multiples barely budged last year. We didn’t expect them to, and we don’t expect them…

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    Distribution of Synergies & Cost Savings EBITDA Addback Time Horizons (for Actions Resulting in Addbacks)

    Contact: Steven Miller

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    Real estate debt fundraising is a real downer

    The strategy had a strong run for several years, but that spurt could be over. Real estate debt seemed to…

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    Volume of loans in syndication climbs as market finds footing

    Source: Debtwire Par The volume of institutional loans in syndication has climbed in recent weeks as the loan market has…

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