Commentary
“The Best Place to Be” (Second of a Series)
As a long-term observer of (and participant in) the credit markets, we’ve learned the most interesting times are not when…
Read More“The Best Place to Be” (First of a Series)
Earlier this month your correspondent traveled to Tokyo and Seoul, in part to assess how institutional investors view private debt…
Read MoreFinding the Line: Senior Stretch vs. Unitranche (Second of Two Parts)
Speaking of long flights [link], news reached us of an overweight passenger punished for traveling in the main cabin. Or…
Read MoreFinding the Line: Senior Stretch vs. Unitranche (First of Two Parts)
On a fourteen-hour flight from Seoul, we sat next to the head of a very successful private credit shop. Besides…
Read MoreWhitecaps in Large Caps
Issuers in leveraged lending today are divided into three categories: the haves, the have-nots, and the wish-they-hads. As the 2019…
Read MoreDeal, No Deal (Last of a Series)
Tracking data in our market is often a challenge. As we’ve said in other contexts, there are three levels of…
Read MoreDeal, No Deal (Second of a Series)
Last week we took on the question of deal flow. How does the backdrop of M&A activity relate to the…
Read MoreDeal, No Deal (First of a Series)
“I left it right on the piano bench. Now I can’t find it!” Our daughter’s flute instruction book had somehow…
Read MoreStirred, Not Shaken
D28 made headline news last week. No, we’re not referring to a new Stars War character. And it’s not a…
Read MoreA Little Around the Sides
News reached us last week of the passing of Anthony Mancinelli. According to Guinness World Records, Mr. Mancinelli at 108…
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