Investor sentiment towards private debt remains strong Read more in Preqin’s: Trending Data: Investor interest grows in private equity, real estate, and VC. Private debt remains the most popular alternative asset class among investors, scoring 70.9% on Preqin’s Investor Sentiment Index…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Healthcare IT PE deal count Download PitchBook’s Report here. In the lower middle market, we are beginning to see more examples of a phenomenon we have anticipated for a while: PE firms and PE-backed companies acquiring VC-backed startups…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
BDC Cash Income Dividend Coverage Pressured by Payment-in-Kind Income Click here to learn more. U.S. business development companies’ (BDCs) cash earnings coverage of dividends is expected to weaken further from 2Q24 levels as the persistence of elevated interest rates will drive further increases in paid-in-kind (PIK) income, Fitch Ratings says. Potential rate cuts, spread compression…
Over US$2bn of loans added to BDC non-accrual status in 2Q24. non-accrual rate ticks up Over US$2bn of BDC loans were added to non-accrual status in the most recent quarter. In turn, the weighted average non-accrual rate for public and private BDCs combined ticked up to 1.66% in 2Q24…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member?
New money leveraged loans have a stronger showing in 3Q24 After a slow start to the year, leveraged issuers are increasingly tapping lenders for new and/or incremental loan capacity…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Waiting for the specialty wave There are reasons why you might expect esoteric strategies to garner more investor dollars, but it may not be straightforward. Our Investor Report 2024 shows no obvious change in limited partners’ appetite for different types of private debt strategy. Direct lending has long been in favour and appears to remain…
Platform LBO and growth equity as a share of all PE deals Download PitchBook’s Report here. In the second quarter of 2024, add-on transactions accounted for a significant 77.4% of all PE buyouts, marking an increase of 226 basis points over the 2023 average…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Fitch’s Privately Monitored Middle Market Portfolio Overview, 2Q24 Click here to download report. In the charts that follow, Fitch presents aggregate data for MM companies, defined as in the area of $500 million of debt or $100 million of EBITDA or below, that it privately rates for asset managers…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member?
Fitch’s Privately Monitored Middle Market Portfolio Overview, 2Q24 Click here to download report. In the charts that follow, Fitch presents aggregate data for MM companies, defined as in the area of $500 million of debt or $100 million of EBITDA or below, that it privately rates for asset managers…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member?
Private debt fundraising recovers toward trend Read more in Preqin’s Insights+ Report: Investor Outlook: H2 2024 Half of LPs surveyed in June for Preqin’s Investor Outlook plan to commit more capital to private debt over the next 12 months…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...