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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.
Percentage of M&A Deals with Initial Adjusted Leverage of 4x or Lower
Contact: Steven Miller smiller@covenantreview
Distressed Europe
Overall fundraising for private debt in Europe has taken a plunge in 2018, but distressed strategies are bucking the trend.…
Deal Merge
M&A loan volume for the current quarter is on par with last quarter’s activity; share of buyouts down from a year ago.
Are small funds losing ground?
Download PitchBook’s report here. Another quarter, another round of outperformance for large funds. Rolling one-year horizon IRRs have been consistent…
Private Debt Intelligence - 6/25/2018
North America-Focused Mezzanine Fundraising: Off to a Strong Start [wpdm_package id=’18866′] As at May 2018, seven North America-focused mezzanine funds…
Loan Stats at a Glance - 6/25/2018
Contact: Marina Lukatsky marina.lukatsky@spglobal.com
Is PE performance persistent?
Download PitchBook’s Report click here. “Past performance does not guarantee future results.” Finance professionals have probably read that boilerplate disclosure…
U.S. buyout activity keeps up the lively pace, boosting LBO issuance
Leveraged buyout activity has been keeping up a lively pace this quarter helping to drive LBO loan issuance higher. So…
Percentage of Deals with Initial Adjusted Leverage of 7x or Higher
Contact: Steven Miller
Squeezed in the Middle
It’s ironic. Just as the economy seems to be picking up steam and the Fed is ratcheting up rates to…
Freight Forward
M&A loan volume for the current quarter is on par with last quarter’s activity; share of buyouts down from a year ago.
Lead Left Interview – Peter Magas (Part 2)
This week we continue our conversation with Peter Magas, managing director at Beecken Petty O’Keefe and Co. Peter joined BPOC…







Terms They Are A-Changing
There’s nothing that takes the froth off an issuer-friendly market faster than a growing pipeline. Absent some kind of global…