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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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    Covenant Trends - 11/27/2017

    Minimum Debt Basket(s) Capacity Contact: Steven Miller

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    Stat of the Week: Nickel Price

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    Select Deals in the Market - 11/27/2017

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    Sweet Success

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

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    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…

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    Holding Time

    After a three year pause, the number of sponsor-backed portfolio companies held for over five years is rising.

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    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…

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    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…

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    Loan Stats at a Glance - 11/27/2017

    Contact: Timothy Stubbs timothy.stubbs@spglobal.com

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    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,…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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.

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    Stat of the Week: Americans' Christmas Spending Plans

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    Select Deals in the Market - 11/20/2017

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    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…

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