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Private Credit Defaults 101: Back to School
As Labor Day approaches, the unofficial end of summer is upon us. But, before we get too sad, there is also the familiar back-to-school energy.
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Leveraged loan market expected to pick up amidst more volatile market backdrop
Completed US leveraged loan volume totals US$105bn so far this quarter as lenders look for a pick-up in activity after…
Driving Range
The average price of a most-liquid broadly syndicated leveraged loan has been within a band most of the summer.
Loan Stats at a Glance - 9/2/2019
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Direct Lenders: The New Big Loan Arrangers
This week commentary, we take a look at large sponsored financings led by direct lenders. After Ares underwrote Thoma Bravo’s…
Top US CLO retail holdings
Top retail loan holdings in active US CLOs at the end of July include Albertson’s TLB, Bass Pro Shops TL…
An All-Weather Asset Class: Private Debt Managers Invest Amid Rate and Tariff Uncertainties
Our commentary at Aug 5 2019 deals with the first fed rate cuts in over a decade, and the latest…
Which soft skill is most important today when hiring an investment professional?
Tea leaves for multiples
News this week about the yield inversion will probably have an effect on investor psyche. Inversions have historically predated recessions…
Private Debt Intelligence - 8/12/2019
Private Debt Industry Puts Capital to Work [wpdm_package id=’27348′] The private debt industry has seen the growth in its AUM…
A PE fundraising lag is no cause for alarm
Private equity had abnormally strong 2017 fundraising numbers, potentially depressing fundraising in the first half of the year. If capital…
Direct to Consumer
We mentioned last week Apollo’s $1.8 billion financing for New Media Investment Group’s acquisition of Gannett & Co. It seemed…
Larger Than Life
The number of leveraged loans for buyouts over $1 billion has grown steadily since the Great Recession.
Par for the Course
Despite our known deficiencies on the links, we were invited last week to a superb round of golf with other…