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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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August 12, 2026 
Covenant Trends - 10/16/2017
Percentage of M&A-Related Loans with >6x Closing Total Leverage Contact: Steven Miller smiller@covenantreview
Budding Lite
The volume of middle market cov-lite loans fell off last quarter from 2Q’s $6.3 billion; tranche size held steady at $210 million.
Private Equity’s Amazon Problem
Nordstrom, thought to be a prime buyout candidate, is now having trouble securing debt commitments for a would-be deal. It…
Lead Left Interview - Niels Bodenheim
This week we chat with Niels Bodenheim, senior director of debt research for bfinance. bfinance is an investment consultant that…
Private Debt Intelligence - 10/16/2017
Private Debt Dry Powder Reaches New Record [wpdm_package id=’14694′] The capital available to be deployed by private debt fund managers…
Loan Stats at a Glance - 10/16/2017
Contact: Timothy Stubbs timothy.stubbs@spglobal.com
Lender Survey: How are you feeling about portfolio performance?
Issuers are showing flat to very slow growth but performance is stable, said 72% of the buyside and sellside respondents…
Covenant Trends - 10/9/2017
Percentage of Deals with F&C Growers Contact: Steven Miller smiller@covenantreview
Middle Market Deal Terms at a Glance - October 2017
Source: SPP Capital Partners Contact: Stefan Shaffer stefan@sppcapital.com
State of the Capital Markets – Third Quarter 2017 Review and Fourth Quarter 2017 Outlook
Review of Current Market Conditions/ Analysis of Capital Markets Metrics/ Review of Credit Quality/ Outlook for Fourth Quarter 2017
The PE exit crunch
Download Report Here Last week we highlighted the climb in equity contributions in recent years. Relative to debt contributions, equity now…
Spot-lite on Cov-lite (Third of a Series)
The notion that covenant-lite loans are bestowed on only the best and brightest borrowers has been pretty banged up. Cov-lite…