Chart of the Week: Behind the Curve
Private equity fundraising through early June is slowest pace in over a decade. Source: PitchBook
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The Force Awakens – Churchill 2Q Private Equity Survey (Conclusion)
Our recent survey of 164 private equity executives revealed improved confidence in both the M&A environment over the next twelve months as well as the exit activity emerging from that. Digging further, we see several interesting dynamics about their financing partners and the current strategies employed to maximize deployment and valuations. As we’ve noted in…
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Private Credit – The Final Reckoning (Last of a Series)
Markets happen when you’re making other plans. This was true again last week as confrontation with Iran, instead of caving US markets, supported them. Equity indices approached record highs, and the US dollar strengthened, at least for a time. We expect inflation and rate uncertainty will continue to weigh on investors. Nevertheless, April’s “sell America” […]
Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis – 7/21/2025
Unitranche spreads hover around recent market lows The most recent quarter was marked by intense competition among direct lenders and lower than hope for deal flow. In turn, spreads continued to hover around recent lows despite sporadic wider market volatility…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
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Bloomberg: Leveraged Lending Insights – 7/21/2025
Second-Busiest Day of Leveraged Loan Launches Brings Wave of Repricings Click here to access Bloomberg’s US Leveraged Finance Chartbook Following the most active single day of 2025 and the second busiest on record, the US leveraged loan market saw $61.7b in transactions launched to investors on Monday, July 21. By Wednesday, the weekly total had…
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KBRA Direct Lending Deals: News & Analysis – 7/21/2025
TTM Default Volume, Count (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Eric Rosenthaleric.rosenthal@kbra.com
Debtwire Middle-Market – 7/21/2025
Source: VanEck BDC Income ETF, BofA Merrill Lynch US High Yield Effective Yield The blue line in the chart is the current dividend yield of the *VanEck BDC Income ETF (currently at 10.8% as of 21 July) that tracks the overall performance of publicly traded business development companies (BDCs, are lenders to privately held middle-market businesses…
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Middle Market Deal Terms at a Glance – July 2025
Source: SPP Capital Partners Contact: Stefan Shaffersshaffer@sppcapital.com
LevFin Insights: High-Yield Bond Statistics – 7/21/2025
Launched Volume Source: LevFin Insights New-issue Yields Source: LevFin Insights Weekly Fund Flows Source: Lipper (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Robert Polenbergrobert.polenberg@levfininsights.com
Middle Market & Private Credit – 7/21/2025
Fitch Ratings Completes Peer Reviewof 12 US BDCs Fitch Ratings has completed a peer review of 12 U.S. business development companies (BDCs). Fitch has affirmed the Long-Term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) on 10 issuers and completed two Review – No Actions. The Rating Outlooks for Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp. and Blackrock TCP Capital Corp. remain…
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