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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.
MM sponsored spreads not yet showing impact of leveraged loan volatility
Whenever volatility and investor pushback strikes the leveraged loan market, it always takes time for those effects to move down…
PE carveouts on the rise
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Activists, shareholders and corporate boards are all increasingly vocal about focusing on core investments, which often translates…
Unilevered
Leverage for club middle market unitranche deals has stayed a constant 5x.
Direct lending is popular – and thus bucks the trend
A new survey shows the strategy retaining a strong level of demand, while other areas of private debt lose their…
Private Debt Intelligence - 11/26/2018
Credit Hedge Funds See Negative Returns in October [wpdm_package id=’21677′] The Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark returned -2.35% in October,…
Loan Stats at a Glance - 11/26/2018
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Opening the books to investors
In a survey from sister publication pfm, the number of managers trying “very hard” not to disclose a deficiency uncovered…
US M&A loan issuance continues at a healthy pace this quarter
At around the halfway point in the quarter, US M&A activity has remained busy. Through November 14, there has been…
Is the middle market at an inflection point?
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Much has been said on the consistent strength of the US middle market—much of it by us.…
Oil & gas names drop on lower oil prices, secondary loan market softens
Source: Debtwire Par, Markit Oil and gas loans have moved lower recently in tandem with the sharp decline in oil…
Private Debt Intelligence - 11/19/2018
Europe-Focused Private Debt Assets under Management Reach $200bn [wpdm_package id=’21560′] The European private debt universe has exploded over the last…







Search and Recovery (Last of a series)
As we conclude our special series on leveraged loan recoveries, let’s take a look at one structure that is testing…