Commentary
Back to School
Someone once said, “A vacation is what you take when you no longer can take what you’ve been taking.” We…
Read MoreWhy So Sensitive?
For some months the performance of public markets, both fixed income and equities, brooked few doubters. As one strategist put…
Read MoreLetter from London (Second of Two Parts)
For a long-time practitioner and educator in the private capital space, there’s nothing like engaging with sophisticated investors digging deep…
Read MoreLetter from London (First of a Series)
Last week we visited our UK colleagues, clients and friends for a number of discussions around private capital. These conversations…
Read MoreCLO Awakening (Second of Two Parts)
As the leveraged loan market woke up this past January, as confidence in the economy and rate expectations grew, so…
Read MoreCLO Awakening (Part One of Two)
The first half of 2024 kept us busy tracking volume in the newly energized BSL market. Remarkable, but not unexpected,…
Read More“A Slow Sort of Country”
“Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you…
Read MoreFast and Furious (Second of Two Parts)
The 60/40 allocation model for investing has taken some hits since the Fed began raising rates over two years ago.…
Read MoreFast and Furious (Part One of Two)
This week we attended the 40th annual conference of the Florida Public Pension Trustees Association in Orlando. Attendees included municipal…
Read MoreTyranny of Dry Powder – An Update
Back in October 2020 we introduced the concept of how supply and demand imbalances in private markets affects credit quality…
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