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Commentary

“The Best Place to Be” (Second of a Series)

By THE LEAD | December 2, 2019

As a long-term observer of (and participant in) the credit markets, we’ve learned the most interesting times are not when…

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“The Best Place to Be” (First of a Series)

By THE LEAD | November 27, 2019

Earlier this month your correspondent traveled to Tokyo and Seoul, in part to assess how institutional investors view private debt…

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Finding the Line: Senior Stretch vs. Unitranche (Second of Two Parts)

By THE LEAD | November 20, 2019

Speaking of long flights [link], news reached us of an overweight passenger punished for traveling in the main cabin. Or…

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Finding the Line: Senior Stretch vs. Unitranche (First of Two Parts)

By THE LEAD | November 13, 2019

On a fourteen-hour flight from Seoul, we sat next to the head of a very successful private credit shop. Besides…

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Whitecaps in Large Caps

By THE LEAD | November 5, 2019

Issuers in leveraged lending today are divided into three categories: the haves, the have-nots, and the wish-they-hads. As the 2019…

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Deal, No Deal (Last of a Series)

By THE LEAD | October 28, 2019

Tracking data in our market is often a challenge. As we’ve said in other contexts, there are three levels of…

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Deal, No Deal (Second of a Series)

By THE LEAD | October 23, 2019

Last week we took on the question of deal flow. How does the backdrop of M&A activity relate to the…

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Deal, No Deal (First of a Series)

By THE LEAD | October 16, 2019

“I left it right on the piano bench. Now I can’t find it!” Our daughter’s flute instruction book had somehow…

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Stirred, Not Shaken

By THE LEAD | October 9, 2019

D28 made headline news last week. No, we’re not referring to a new Stars War character. And it’s not a…

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A Little Around the Sides

By THE LEAD | October 2, 2019

News reached us last week of the passing of Anthony Mancinelli. According to Guinness World Records, Mr. Mancinelli at 108…

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