Loan Stats at a Glance – 11/18/2019
Contact: Marina Lukatsky marina.lukatsky@spglobal.com
Contact: Marina Lukatsky marina.lukatsky@spglobal.com
Issuers in leveraged lending today are divided into three categories: the haves, the have-nots, and the wish-they-hads. With about six weeks of business left to the year, the differences between haves and have-nots is growing. In the #BroadlySyndicatedMarket, the combination of triple-C anxiety among CLO managers and cash out-flow worries with retail funds have impelled […]
BDC leverage on the rise, one tool to combat falling Libor After peaking in December 2018 at over 2.8%, 3-month Libor has since fallen to 1.9% and BDCs are reporting lower weighted average yields in 3Q19 as a result. Following this steep decline, BDCs are taking advantage of their flexibility to increase leverage under the…
PE’s tech infatuation Download PitchBook’s Report here. Tech-focused dry powder has almost doubled since 2016. The latest returns data available is through March of this year, when it totaled $93.1 billion across North America and Europe. That marked a 93% increase since 2016’s cumulative $48.2 billion, according to PitchBook’s latest analyst note on tech funds. The…
Average Minimum Day-One Capped Basket Capacity Contact: Steven Miller
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On a fourteen-hour flight from Seoul, we sat next to the head of a very successful private credit shop. Besides discussing the relative viewing merits of Bohemian Rhapsody versus Saving Private Ryan (there was plenty of time for both, plus X-Men: Days of Future Past), the subject turned to trends in the capital markets. “By…