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The Pulse of Private Equity - 1/1/2018

Is private equity at full capacity? Download PitchBook’s Report click here. 2017 may have been a watershed year for private equity. 2009 certainly was: for all the discussion about PE’s recovery post-crisis—a record seller’s market, record dry powder levels, another big fundraising boom—the number of new entrants slowed to a crawl in 2009 and never…

Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis - 1/1/2018

2017 US Syndicated loan volume tops US$2.5Tr to set new record Despite the din of geopolitical noise in the background, 2017 was a remarkably steady year in the loan market, punctuated by an especially strong finish in the last few weeks of 4Q17. At US$2.5Tr, full year 2017 US syndicated loan volume was up 26%…

Debtwire Middle-Market – 1/1/2018

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…

Déjà View

Another year, another fruitcake article. This one from last Thursday’s WSJ. Long-distance hikers are the latest consumer market niche to fall for the oft-abused holiday fare. “Better than energy bars,” one new fan enthused. “We’re just burned out on gorp,” explained another. No less a personage than Appalachian trail guru, Edward Garvey, gave the fruit-and-nut…