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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 
Still Ticking
Second quarter activity in middle market sponsored loans tailed off slightly from the previous quarter, though at $16.2 billion was up from 2Q 2017.
1H17 US Syndicated loan volume hits record high at over US$1.2Tr
US syndicated loan issuance hit a new milestone in 1H17 to mark the highest half year total on record at…
Lead Left Interview - Mary Katherine DuBose (Part 2)
This week we continue our conversation with Mary Katherine DuBose, Co-Head of Asset Backed Finance and Securitization, Asset-Backed Finance, Wells…
Private Debt Intelligence - 7/3/2017
Public Pension Funds in Private Debt [wpdm_package id=’13245′] Public pension funds are among the most important institutional investors active in…
Global PE Buyout Multiples and Deal Flow
View PitchBook’s 2017 Analyst Note: Where can PE firms find attractive valuations? Here Global buyout activity has gradually surpassed median…
Loan Stats at a Glance - 7/3/2017
Contact: Timothy Stubbs timothy.stubbs@spglobal.com
Markit Recap – 6/26/2017
Italian bank sub paper now worthless We noted last week that investors need to be aware of idiosyncratic risk and…
Large Corporate LBO Leverage Jumped in 2Q17 to 6.4x
Leverage levels on large corporate LBO deals closed in 2Q17 has reached the highest level tracked since 4Q14. Leverage averaged…
Covenant Trends - Percentage of Loans with Asset Sale Step-Downs, Sponsored vs. Public (YTD)
Contact: Steven Miller smiller@covenantreview
The 80/20 Rule of Private Credit
“Capital is destiny.” We’re not sure this pronouncement will make it into the next edition of Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, but…
Lead Left Interview - Mary Katherine DuBose
This week we chat with Mary Katherine DuBose, Co-Head of Asset Backed Finance and Securitization, Asset-Backed Finance, Wells Fargo Securities.…
The Price is Lite
Driven by China and commodities worries in August 2015, loan prices dipped in unison, then recovered, though cov-lite lags.
Digesting Elephants: What Happens Next with SBOs?
View PitchBook’s 2017 PE & VC Exits Here Secondary buyouts have been artificially propped up by the inflated volume of crisis-era…
Fall Risk
It was probably mission impossible, but we gamely tried this week to complete a personal Top Ten list. This one…