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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.
Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis - 11/30/2015
Arrangers continue to show some discipline with regards to structuring LBO deals as the year comes closer to an end. …
Stall Speed
With risk retention rules on the horizon, monthly new CLO issuance has slowed considerably.
Lead Left Interview - Josh Lerner
This week we chat with Josh Lerner, the Chair of the Entrepreneurship Unit and the Jacob H. Schiff Professor at…
The Pulse of Private Equity - 11/30/2015
Could PE Return Multiples Begin to Stagnate? Driven by the seller’s market over the past few years, recent private equity…
Loan Stats at a Glance - 11/30/2015
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Markit Recap – 11/23/2015
Military tension with Turkey has sent Russia’s CDS spread wider this morning but Russia’s apparent rapprochement with the west has…
Report from the Front
Valentine’s Day is still months away, but for early planners we pass along the following: The world’s second largest diamond…
Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis - 11/25/2015
Loan mutual fund & ETF assets under management (AUM) finished October at $127 billion, their lowest level since June 2013,…
Lead Left Interview - Mickey D. Levy (Part 2)
This week we continue our conversation with Mickey D. Levy, chief economist of the Americas and Asia, Berenberg Capital Markets. Mickey…
The Pulse of Private Equity - 11/23/2015
Canadian Deal Flow Strong, Bolstered by Investor Interest in Middle Market Canadian private equity activity has remained heightened throughout 2015,…
In Recovery
Counterintuitively, recent data from an S&P study show recoveries for first-lien term loans improved only modestly with additional debt capital…









Safe Landing
While most Americans were in the midst of Thanksgiving preparations last week, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was making space history.…