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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.
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August 12, 2026 
Vertical Drop
Leverage for healthcare and tech issuers was off 1Q for club deals, while rising for service firms and manufacturers.
Loan Stats at a Glance - 4/24/2017
Contact: Timothy Stubbs timothy.stubbs@spglobal.com
PE moves further into IT, software
View PitchBook’s 1Q 2017 US PE Breakdown Report Here Thoma Bravo, Vista Equity Partners and Silver Lake used to be…
Private Debt Intelligence - 4/24/2017
Private Debt Dry Powder by Geographic Focus [wpdm_package id=’12086′] While fundraising has been strong in recent years, private debt managers…
Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis - 4/17/2017
CLO issuance is on track to meet or exceed market forecast in 2017 One third of loan arrangers, CLO arrangers…
Lead Left Interview - Mitch Drucker
This week we chat with Mitchell Drucker, Managing Director of Garrison Investment Group. Mitch is the head of Garrison’s corporate…
Covenant Trends - Percentage of Deals with F&C Tranche
Contact: Steven Miller smiller@covenantreview
Soft Sell
The number of private equity software deals is growing relative to the non-software IT segment.
Private Debt Intelligence - 4/17/2017
Private Debt Fundraising in Q1 2017 by Fund Type
The private debt industry recorded a strong start to 2017, as 21 vehicles reached a final close attracting $21bn in investor capital, despite marking a downturn from the record $50bn raised in Q4 2016. However not all strategies were able to capitalise on healthy investor appetite and attract high levels of commitments.
Direct lending funds in particular drove fundraising, securing their highest quarterly total of all time…
The Pulse of Private Equity - 4/17/2017
Some LPs still keen on co-investment
In 2016, limited partners participated in no fewer than 76 US private equity transactions, the cumulative value of which hit no less than $33.8 billion, more than any other year in the past decade excepting 2007. Moreover, 2017 is off to a strong start in terms of value at least, with $9.8 billion tallied thus far across a slower-paced 13 deals. The steady upward trend since 2010 is unmistakable if volatile…
Loan Stats at a Glance - 4/17/2017
Contact: Timothy Stubbs timothy.stubbs@spglobal.com
Elements of Corporate Risk (Second of a Series)
It’s hard to believe, but this July marks the ten-year anniversary of the collapse of Bear Stearns’ two sub-prime hedge…
Elements of Corporate Risk (Third of a Series)
Last week’s column attracted the attention of one of our most loyal readers, and an astute observer of the credit…