The Lead Left – A Special Report: Why CLO’s Matter

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THE LEAD|March 3, 2015
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Beginning in June 2014 The Lead Left published a series of articles discussing the relative merits of investing in middle market senior debt and their broadly syndicated counterparts. This report consolidates those articles:
  • What is a CLO?
  • CLO’s role in the demand side
  • The Value of Middle Market CLOs
  • How next gen vehicles will deal with regulatory and cyclical headwinds?
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