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Business of Private Credit: Claude Says
Even chatbots know AI won’t have a one-size-fits-all impact on the middle market. Yet for the last year or so, the market has treated AI disruption as a storm cloud hanging over every private credit portfolio.
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July 14, 2026 
Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis
The middle market yield premium on first-lien institutional term loans has dropped to just 66bp this quarter; its lowest level…
THE PULSE OF PRIVATE EQUITY
Last week we discussed the increase in valuations seen over the last 12 to 18 months in the middle-middle market,…
LOAN STATS AT A GLANCE
Source: S&P Capital IQ Contact: Robert Polenberg robert.polenberg@spcapitaliq.com
Lead Left Interview - Justin Kaplan
This week we speak with Justin Kaplan, Partner, Balance Point Capital Partners, a lower-middle market investment firm with offices in…
CHART OF THE WEEK
Par for the Course Softness in market technicals has driven loan prices for new-issue leveraged loan paper below par for…
LOAN STATS AT A GLANCE
Source: S&P Capital IQ Contact: Robert Polenberg robert.polenberg@spcapitaliq.com
LOAN STATS AT A GLANCE
Source: S&P Capital IQ Contact: Robert Polenberg robert.polenberg@spcapitaliq.com
THE PULSE OF PRIVATE EQUITY
At ACG Intergrowth last week I spent a fair amount of time talking with private equity deal guys (and one…
MARKIT RECAP
Positive earnings, strong economic data, low default rates and – most importantly – a favourable monetary policy environment continue to…
Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis
CLO issuance remains strong thanks to a broadening and growing AAA investor base and a growing number of first time…
Lead Left Interview - Meredith Coffey
This week we speak with Meredith Coffey, Executive VP of Research, Loan Sales and Trading Association (LSTA), the leading industry…
Chart of the Week
Taper Vapor The Fed’s continued reluctance to predict rate increases anytime soon, leaves Treasury yields range-bound while fixed income investors…
Now Where Were We?
When we last reported on market conditions two years ago the Dow had closed at 12,929. Today it stands at…
Place Your Bets
A few days before last month’s running of the 140th Kentucky Derby, the WSJ published a piece detailing six reasons why California…