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Feeding the Chickens

“I believe in being fully transparent,” we told our spouse, negotiating NFL playoff viewing rights this past weekend. “It’s working,” she said. “I can see right through you.” In that same spirit of confession, your correspondent reminds readers of last week’s forecast regarding fund flows. We predicted outflows from retail loan accounts, which had been…

Private Debt Intelligence - 1/21/2019

Asia-Focused Private Debt Fundraising Falters 2018 proved to be another strong year for private debt fundraising, with the year seeing 163 funds holding a final close and securing an aggregate $110bn in capital. North America continued to represent the largest portion of the industry: 91 North America-focused vehicles raised a total of $68bn…. Subscribe to

Debtwire Middle-Market – 1/21/2019

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…

The Pulse of Private Equity – 1/14/2019

Drawdown speeds and fund returns Download PitchBook’s Report here. US PE fundraising trended down in 2018. No surprise there—more than $200 billion was cumulatively raised in both 2016 and 2017, totaling nearly $442 billion altogether in the span of two years. As we’ve noted in the past, the current fundraising market bears a hint of opportunism,…