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PDI Picks – 7/7/2025

2025 sees fundraising extremes Our data shows the brakes have been slammed by investors after a fast start to the year for those raising fresh capital. ‘Volatile’ is the word frequently being used to describe the economic and political backdrop to investing today. For private debt managers, that same volatility is being seen on the…

Middle Market & Private Credit – 7/7/2025

Smaller, Non-Systemic U.S. Banks Most Concentrated to Non-Bank Lending Click here to download report. Executive Summary: Evolving regulation has shone the spotlight on liability-driven investment strategies, driven by the optimization of technical provisions…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...

Private Credit – The Final Reckoning (First of a Series)

Moviegoers know that Tom Cruise “does his own stunts.” We always assumed this mostly meant riding motorcycles fast. And even watching his Mission Impossible and Top Gun acrobatics over the years, we figured riskier sequences involved some kind of green screen technology. Until we saw practice runs for his motorcycle jump on the latest MI […]

The Pulse of Private Equity – 6/30/2025

Share of IPO capital raised by backing type Download PitchBook’s Report here. With the S&P 500 index climbing back near its historical peak and surpassing the psychological threshold of 6,000, there is potential for a resurgence in IPO activity…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...

Covenant Trends - 6/30/2025

Percentage of Loans with Uncapped Synergies & Cost Savings EBITDA Addbacks (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Steven Miller smiller@covenantreview.com

Middle Market & Private Credit – 6/30/2025

Smaller, Non-Systemic U.S. Banks Most Concentrated to Non-Bank Lending Click here to learn more. A relatively small percentage of U.S. banks provide loans to non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs), according to analysis of new regulatory data for the entire banking industry by Fitch Ratings. Around 13% or 576 FDIC banks reported balances of either NBFI loans…

Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis - 6/30/2025

Supported by increase in high grade financings, 2Q25 US M&A loan volume up 64% y-o-y; LBO activity declines Brushing aside tariff woes, inflation concerns and geopolitical fears, US lenders raised US$228.5bn of new loan assets in 2Q25, a 29% jump compared to the year ago period, to push 1H25 totals to nearly US$407bn (compared to…