Rolling one-year PE fund returns Download PitchBook’s Report here. A review of desmoothed returns and the desmoothed nowcast over a rolling one-year horizon shows that PE fund returns significantly exceeded fundamental expectations implied by macroeconomic conditions throughout 2021 and 2022…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
US Leveraged Loan Returns Cool to 0.32% in August Click here to access Bloomberg’s latest Global Leveraged Loan Index Report The Bloomberg US Leveraged Loan Index (Ticker: LOAN) returned 0.32% in August, bringing its year-to-date return to 4.00%. Average secondary market prices on US leveraged loans were 96.92 on September 9th after declining slightly from…
Defaults: Roughly 40% of restructured HY issuers were in trouble again within 24 months Click here to learn more. Distressed debt exchanges (DDEs), the alternative medicine to bankruptcy when it comes to treating problem credits, have long been criticized as temporary band-aids that lead to another restructuring or Chapter 11 anyway. Investors aren’t wrong…. Subscribe
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
Percentage of Loans with an MFN Sunset (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Steven Miller smiller@covenantreview.com
PIK Income Fell Modestly in 2Q25 for BDCs, Dividend Coverage Varies Click here to learn more. Payment-in-kind (PIK) income for Fitch-rated business development companies (BDCs) declined modestly in 2Q25 but remains above pre-2024 levels. This reflects persistent challenges in portfolio credit quality and the impact of structured PIK arrangements amid elevated interest rates. The latest…
Near-term BDC loan maturities remain limited The loan maturity profile of BDCs, the most transparent part of the direct lending universe, is not pointing to any big deterioration in the near-term…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Hints of LP support waning for US Up to the mid-point of this year, capital raising by US funds was still going strong – but LPs appeared to be edging towards geographic diversification. Given the ramifications of Liberation Day and a more volatile economic and political backdrop in general, talk has grown louder around whether…
Post-Labor Day market conditions continue to favor credit issuance of all stripes. Rather than being hampered by uncertainty surrounding tariffs, inflation, growth or rates, borrowers and investors have decided these dynamics have been settled in favor of “risk on!” What then are the real worries for credit? While lower rates and less chance of a…
Private credit yields have narrowed since 2023, but less than for single-Bs. Source: KBRA DLD