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Private Credit Defaults 101: Beyond the Noise
Like any good school year, this series went by fast. But as class comes to an end, there’s one theme that’s been top of mind here at The Lead: “noise.”
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October 6, 2026 
Fundraising gathers momentum
By the end of the third quarter of this year, capital raising was proving to be somewhat less challenging for…
Private Equity Now: The Distribution Dilemma
What remains to be seen are the longer-term, structural impacts of the distribution dilemma. We expect that investors who pull…
Private Debt Intelligence - 11/18/2024
Private equity deal value rises above five-year average [wpdm_package id=’72853′] Read more in Preqin’s ‘Deal Flow Monitor: Q3 2024’ Private…
Healthcare services PE deal count by quarter
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Within healthcare services, some of the areas that continue to see the highest levels of sponsor demand…
Under pressure: leveraged loan defaults are spiking
Annual loan defaults are soaring, with this year’s rate of 4.7% surpassing 4.5% seen during the economic slowdown in 2020…
Percentage of Loans with Asset Sale Sweep Step-downs
(Past performance is no guarantee of future results.)
Fitch’s Privately Monitored Middle Market Portfolio Overview − 3Q24 (Part 3)
Click here to download report. In the charts above, Fitch presents aggregate data for Middle Market companies that it privately…
A flurry of new leveraged loans hit the market post elections and in run up to year end
After a brief pullback in the institutional calendar in the week leading up to the US election, lenders have tapped…
No Money-Back Guarantee
The absence of realizations has hampered distributions to LPs. Source: Burgiss/MSCI(Past performance is no guarantee of future results.)
Middle Market Deal Terms at a Glance - November 2024
Source: SPP Capital Partners Contact: Stefan Shaffersshaffer@sppcapital.com
Everything Happens So Much (Last of Three Parts)
Capabilities live within a culture. The right mindset is required to react effectively to disruption. Unfortunately, many organizations lack the…
Secondaries on the March
The growth of equity secondaries is fueled by both LP and GP liquidity needs. Source: Jefferies(Past performance is no guarantee…
Private Equity Now: The LP Perspective
Over the past two weeks we’ve touched on the distribution dilemma in private equity, and most recently on the perspectives…
Accordion Inside Maturity
(Past performance is no guarantee of future results.)
Fitch’s Privately Monitored Middle Market Portfolio Overview − 3Q24 (Part 2)
Click here to download report. In the charts above, Fitch presents aggregate data for Middle Market companies that it privately…
Private Equity Now – Impact on Fundraising (GP Perspective)
So far in our “Private Equity Now” series we’ve covered the various technologies available to LPs and GPs to access…