US Leveraged Loans Post Largest Monthly Return Since 2023 Click here to access Bloomberg’s US Leveraged Loan Index Report After a brief pause in its long-running rally, the Bloomberg US Leveraged Loan Index (Ticker: LOAN) advanced 1.53% in May, bringing its YTD return to 1.95%. The gain follows back-to-back losses in March (-0.29%) and April…
Share of private debt capital raised by type Download PitchBook’s Report here. In Q1 2025, the distressed debt substrategy secured $21.4 billion in commitments, largely thanks to the $16 billion fund raised by Oaktree Capital Management, putting distressed debt in line to easily surpass its five-year annual average of $28.5 billion…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Private Credit’s Growing Complexity Untested Through Market Cycles Click here to download report. Private credit (PC) markets remain resilient, despite recent challenges stemming from tariff-driven market volatility, slowing economic growth and a higher policy rate trajectory than initially anticipated at the beginning of the year…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Daily Analytic: First-lien share of BDC portfolios continues to climb The first-lien share of BDC portfolios continues to edge higher, climbing to 86.4% in 1Q25, up 4 percentage points from a year earlier and 8 percentage points two years ago…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
The growing importance of geopolitics Given the high-profile and disturbing nature of tensions between certain countries, geopolitics weighs heavily on investors’ minds today. While the Ukraine-Russia war continues to rage, private markets investors are just as worried – in fact slightly more so – about simmering tensions between the US and China…. Subscribe to Read
US Leveraged Loan Launches Pick Back Up in May To Monitor Upcoming US Institutional Loan Issuance, run PREL <GO> from a Bloomberg Terminal Following a record drought between March 28 and April 16 in which 14 business days passed without the launch of a new US leveraged loan financing, the longest such streak since Bloomberg…
US middle market private debt fundraising stands at US$21.3bn so far in 2Q So far this quarter, LSEG LPC has tracked US$21.3bn of US middle market debt fundraising…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Credit Journal – Private Credit Download Welcome to Fitch Ratings’ Credit Journal series – a subject-specific, curated compilation of our in-depth research and commentary…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Months to close for PE funds Download PitchBook’s Report here. In 2022, GPs began taking longer to close PE funds as exit activity decreased and LPs became more capital constrained as a result…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Safety first Amid a volatile macro-economic and geopolitical backdrop, private credit funds are doubling down their investments in trusted sectors. US tariff uncertainty is leading to a flight to safety among private credit funds, particularly in terms of sector specialisms…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...