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Lead Left Interview - Michael J. Hall (Part Two)

This week we continue our conversation with Michael J. Hall, managing partner at Yukon Capital Partners. Yukon provides mezzanine capital to middle market businesses with a focus on deals controlled by private equity sponsors. Second of two parts – View part one The Lead Left: How did equity co-investments get started?  Michael J. Hall: It wasn’t always a feature,…

Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis - 7/28/2014

The middle market is quite a diverse market place and yields vary based on lender type and EBITDA size. In 2Q14, moving down market to lend TLBs to smaller private middle market issuers resulted in a nice 70bps premium for first lien deals over rated, public middle market institutional deals. However, while there is a premium…

Chart of the Week - 7/21/2014

Prime Targets Retail loan funds have suffered outflows 14 of the past 16 weeks, shrinking net additions to $765 million so far this year, compared to $30 billion for the same period last year…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...

Markit Recap - 7/21/2014

European banks are no strangers to unpleasant shocks. The latest came from Portugal, where Banco Espirito Santo (BES) came under pressure following news that the Espirito Santo holding company – BES’s largest shareholder – had run into financial difficulties…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...