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Debtwire Middle-Market – 4/17/2023

Source: VanEck BDC Income ETF and BofA Merrill Lynch US High Yield Effective Yield The red line in the chart is the current dividend yield of the *VanEck BDC Income ETF (BIZD) that tracks the overall performance of publicly traded business development companies (BDCs, lenders to privately held middle-market businesses that tend to be below…

Debtwire Middle-Market – 4/3/2023

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…

Debtwire Middle-Market – 3/20/2023

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…

Debtwire Middle-Market – 3/6/2023

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…

Debtwire Middle-Market – 2/21/2023

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…

Debtwire Middle-Market – 2/6/2023

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…

Debtwire Middle-Market – 1/30/2023

Leveraged loans & HY bonds post gains in secondary market to start 2023 Source: Debtwire Par The new year kicked off with positive news from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, reporting on 6 January that the unemployment rate had fallen to 3.5% during December, and that 223,000 jobs were added to the workforce. Loans and bonds…

Debtwire Middle-Market – 1/23/2023

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…

Debtwire Middle-Market – 1/17/2023

Leveraged loans & high yield bonds backing buyouts decline in 2022 Source: Debtwire Par New issuance in the leveraged loan and high yield bond markets took a dive from last year’s totals as the pressures besetting the market remained persistent. Institutional loan issuance declined 68% to USD 294.4bn, while high yield bond volume tumbled an…

Debtwire Middle-Market – 1/9/2023

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…