Debtwire Middle-Market – 3/11/2019

Leverage ticks higher in 1Q19

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Source: Debtwire Par

Adjusted leverage on new deals has edged higher so far in 1Q19 compared to 4Q18 and 2018 as a whole, averaging 5.1x, aided by a decline in the share of low levered deals and an uptick in the share of deals levered 6x to less than 7x.