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The Great Stay-In (Fifth of a Series)

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“As goes COVID-19, so goes the nation.” Paraphrasing the famous 1950’s dictum on General Motors’ relationship to the welfare of America highlights how the coronavirus has hijacked all aspects of the economy. There’s consensus that once the disease runs its course, commercial activity will come back. It’s also agreed that between now and then GDP…

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Private Debt Intelligence - 4/6/2020

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The impact of COVID-19 on capital calls, distributions, and net cash flows A Preqin-FRG forecasting model shows that capital calls will surge in 2021 as the global economy rebounds. Focused on 2017-2019 vintage private capital funds, the model suggests that, as a result of COVID-19, and assuming the global economy undergoes a significant but brief…

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PDI Picks – 4/6/2020

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Fundraising in the time of coronavirus Private debt funds are finding it tough to raise capital, but this was true before the virus struck. In the face of the coronavirus pandemic and the enormous disruption it has produced in its wake, little surprise that private debt fundraising appears to be in decline…. Subscribe to Read

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Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis - 3/30/2020

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Hopes for building 2020 loan mart are shortlived as Covid-19 spreads Several headlines have rattled the markets over the last few years – some were fuelled by geopolitical unrest, some by enonomic bumps and occasionally tweets – but the impact on the markets themselves was consistently shortlived. It ultimately took a deadly and aggressively spreading…

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