Two market views Managers may be putting resources and strategies behind a bearish view of the market. Senior debt and distressed debt fundraising totals were neck and neck in the first quarter, according to PDI fundraising data. Private debt funds closed on $37.1 billion in the first quarter, and those targeting the top of the…
U.S. middle market loan pipeline reaches a new height The latest U.S. middle market pipeline figure hit US$6.1bn marking the highest level it has reached since Thomson Reuters LPC started tracking mid-market pipeline stats last year. Lenders in the middle market have said they have kept busy and the pipeline number backs this up. Helping…
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Two years ago US healthcare expenditures totaled $3.3 trillion; rising to $5.5 trillion by 2025.
We caught up recently with a banker friend – a veteran of the healthcare industry – to ask him for his thoughts on the state of the sector today: “You’ve touched on a key trend in your series,” he told us: “the transition from fee-for-service to fee-for-value. Providers used to be reimbursed for costs incurred…
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Source: Cliffwater Direct Lending Index and BofA Merrill Lynch US High Yield Effective Yield The red line in the chart is the *Cliffwater Direct Lending Index (CDLI) current yield, which is based on the investment income of the underlying assets held by public and private BDCs. BDCs invest in middle market companies, and the Index…
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Direct Lending Drives Dry Powder Growth The private debt industry has seen relatively small increases in dry powder (capital waiting to be deployed) in recent years. After spiking by 23% across 2015, annual rises in 2016 and 2017 were just 3% and 7% respectively, with a further 3% rise to the end of April 2018….