Covenant Trends – 4/28/2025
Distribution of Accordion F&C Tranche EBITDA Grower Caps (L3M) (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Steven Miller smiller@covenantreview.com
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Middle Market & Private Credit – 4/28/2025
BDCs Face New Headwinds but Limited Direct Exposure to Tariff Sectors Click here to learn more. The recent escalation in the global trade war and resulting uncertainty across the market introduced additional headwinds for business development companies (BDCs) and private credit in the near term…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
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KBRA Direct Lending Deals: News & Analysis – 4/28/2025
TTM Default Volume, Count (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Eric Rosenthaleric.rosenthal@kbra.com
Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis – 4/28/2025
BSL lenders support over US$405bn in new lending activity YTD; Several M&A opportunities bypass BSL market US lenders have been tapped for nearly US$406bn in new loan assets so far this year via the broadly syndicated loan market…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
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PDI Picks – 4/28/2025
Headwinds have not blown Europe off course Fundraising has been challenging for the region but deals soared last year and hopes are high for the remainder of 2025. European private debt activity hit an all-time high in 2024. According to data from Deloitte’s Private Debt Deal Spring Tracker 2025, €68.7 billion was deployed on the…
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Chart of the Week: Down Decade
Malaysia’s investment growth lags other ASEAN countries but shows signs of recovery. Source: Department of Statistics, Malaysia. Haver and respective national authorities
Letter from Kuala Lumpur (Second of Two Parts)
APAC countries each have their own path to investing in alternatives and private capital. Most key Malaysian institutions began with private equity, venture capital, and real estate. Favored PE sectors include data centers, which in 2023 represented an astounding 90% of all privately funded deals in that arena.* Others were in the consumer, industrial, and…
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Letter from the Persian Gulf
It had been a while since our last MENA visit, so on a recent trip there with our teams, clients and friends, the difference in levels of activity and interest around private credit was palpable. Most large sophisticated institutional investors in the Gulf, including sovereign wealth and pension funds, now have a dedicated allocation to […]
Debtwire Middle-Market – 4/21/2025
High-yield bond default wave swells as distressed debt exchanges stack up The trailing 12-month (TTM) US high-yield (HY) bond default rate has spiked in recent months following a steady decline through most of 2024. According to Fitch Ratings, the TTM HY bond default rate reached 2.5% in February, up from a low of 1.6% in…
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LevFin Insights: High-Yield Bond Statistics – 4/21/2025
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