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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.
Markit Recap – 3/7/2016
Investors have been flocking to government bond ETFs at a record pace since the start of the year, hoping to…
Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis - 3/7/2016
Just shy of three months into 2016, CLO issuance remains stalled, logging less than US$3 billion in new vehicles through…
Lead Left Interview - Meredith Coffey
On Wednesday, February 24th, Meredith Coffey, EVP of the Loan Syndications and Trading Association, testified before the House Financial Services…
Middle Market Deal Terms at a Glance - March 2016
Source: SPP Capital Partners Contact: Stefan Shaffer stefan@sppcapital.com
The Pulse of Private Equity - 3/7/2016
How Will Competition Among Fund Managers Affect Future Industry Performance Disparity? Post-recession private equity funds experienced a tightening of IRR…
Atlantic Crossing
Last summer’s market volatility in the US caused loan prices to plummet, attracting attention from European loan buyers. Source: S&P…
Loan Stats at a Glance - 3/7/2016
Contact: Timothy Stubbs timothy.stubbs@spcapitaliq.com
Markit Recap – 2/29/2016
European insurance bonds sink to bottom of the pile European bond yields have fallen to new recent lows as the…
Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis - 2/29/2016
Flex activity in the leveraged loan market amped up in February as market volatility continued and lenders tried to push…
A Review of European Direct Lending (Third of a Series)
“Europe is not a market,” a keen observer of Europe’s debt market informed us. “First of all,” he said, “there’s…
Head Start
By 2002 the share of US leveraged loans by institutional investors had surpassed 60%; it took Europe twelve more years…
Lead Left Interview - Edwin Cass (Part 2)
This week we continue our conversation with Edwin Cass, Chief Investment Strategist, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Mr. Cass is…
The Pulse of Private Equity - 2/29/2016
PE’s Other Overhang For several years now, the increase in the inventory of companies backed by private equity in North…









A Review of European Direct Lending (Fourth of a Series)
So far in this series we’ve covered the unique lending characteristics of European jurisdictions as well as the inherent advantages…