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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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    Stat of the Week: Effective Federal Funds Rate (%)

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    Leveraged loan volume tumbles in 3Q18;

    Arrangers back end jumbo deals to September Despite the strong market technicals which continued to define the US loan market,…

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    PE fundraising trending down

    Download PitchBook’s Report here. The PE fundraising trail hasn’t been too difficult to navigate lately. For one, most newly raised funds…

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    Lenders/PE Investors: Types of Buyout Transactions

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    Mid Cap Gap

    All-in spreads favored middle market loans over large caps by 117 bps in September (up from 97 bps in August), while Libor remained flat.

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    Percentage of Deals with 75+ bps MFN

    Contact: Steven Miller

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    Leveragin’ Loans

    So much that was disturbing about the news last week. Social media was abuzz with opinions flying on both sides.…

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    Chasing special returns

    A poll asked our New York Forum audience to name the most promising strategy over the next year. It produced…

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    Private Debt Intelligence - 10/1/2018

    Will Europe Direct Lending Activity Outpace North America? [wpdm_package id=’20445′] Direct lending is a relatively young strategy, but has gained…

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    Loan Stats at a Glance - 10/1/2018

    Contact: Marina Lukatsky marina.lukatsky@spglobal.com

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    Markit Recap – 9/24/2018

      The appeal of populist, often nativist agenda to electorates disgruntled with economic stagnation and rapid demographic change has been…

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    Stat of the Week: Civilian Unemployment Rate(%)

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    Select Deals in the Market - 9/24/2018

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    Percentage of Loans with F&C Tranche Growers

    Contact: Steven Miller

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    Primary yields widen in 3Q18 to levels not seen in over two years

    Average primary yields on first-lien institutional term loans in 3Q18 are at their highest levels since 1Q16. At 6.44%, the…

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    Big Game

    Right on cue, with the tenth anniversary of Lehman’s collapse only now in our rear view mirrors, a mega-leveraged cross-border…

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