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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.
Covenant Trends - 11/27/2017
Minimum Debt Basket(s) Capacity Contact: Steven Miller
Lead Left Interview – Mark MacTavish
This week we chat with Mark MacTavish, a Managing Director at ONCAP, which is the dedicated middle market private equity…
Holding Time
After a three year pause, the number of sponsor-backed portfolio companies held for over five years is rising.
Private Debt Intelligence - 11/27/2017
Private Debt Management Fees [wpdm_package id=’15426′] Both mean and median management fees for private debt funds have been moving down…
The middle market isn’t cheap
Download PitchBook’s Report click here. Middle market activity has never been as strong as it is now. What used to…
Loan Stats at a Glance - 11/27/2017
Contact: Timothy Stubbs timothy.stubbs@spglobal.com
PE-backed IPOs: A hairy 2017
It’s no secret that PE sellers have preferred outright sales over IPOs recently. There are big advantages to staying private,…
Primary leveraged yields tighten slightly so far in 4Q17
Yields have declined slightly in 4Q17 despite an increase in the Libor component. The average yield, assuming a three-year term…
State of the Loan Market (Last of a Series)
In what was the highest price ever paid for a painting, Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi” sold last week for…
Paying Up
The average buyout price in the overall market has shrunk by $500 million so far this quarter, though it’s up as a multiple of ebitda.
Lead Left Interview - Daniel Winick & Andrew Young (Part 2)
This week we continue our conversation with Daniel Winick, a partner in the banking and finance group of Clifford Chance…









Sweet Success
Thanksgiving weekend included this family’s first trip to Hershey, Pa. For three little girls HersheyPark and Chocolate World were candy-coated…