The Lead Left – A Special Report: Why BDCs Matter

THE LEAD|April 1, 2015

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Beginning in June 2014 The Lead Left published a series of articles discussing the relative merits of investing in middle market senior debt and their broadly syndicated counterparts. This report consolidates those articles:

What is a BDC?
The BDC Structure
BDCs and Leveraged Loans
BDCs and the Investor

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