NEW YORK, Oct 22 (LPC) - Investors who have binged on the US private credit market in the last few years are now turning to the growing specialty finance space where competition is less intense and spreads are more attractive.
NEW YORK, Sept 3 (LPC) - Business development companies (BDCs) are becoming increasingly vocal as they look to push the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to exempt the industry from reporting requirements that they argue are curtailing the liquidity in the market and limiting its potential for growth.
NEW YORK, Aug 29 (LPC) - Private credit funds and business development companies (BDCs) are positioning their portfolios to deal with a potential economic downturn, which will be the first real test for a market that has come of age since 2008’s financial crisis.
NEW YORK, Aug 28 (LPC) - Physician outsourcing provider Envision Healthcare has seen the value of its US$5.45bn term loan B sink throughout August as weak earnings and political uncertainty around the US healthcare sector weigh on investor appetite, investors and analysts told Refinitiv LPC.
NEW YORK, Aug 15 (LPC) - The private debt market has largely been immune to the covenant-lite trend, but a recent spike in so-called covenant-loose lending suggests funds are finding ways to offer more aggressive terms while sticking to investor demands to maintain certain restrictions on borrowers.
NEW YORK, July 23 (LPC) - Participants in the business development company (BDC) sector are pondering whether the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will push through with exempting the market from the Acquired Funds Fees Expenses (AFFE), an arcane rule that many see as the key to restricting liquidity.
NEW YORK, July 11 (LPC) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) fund of funds proposals potentially open the door to a shakeup in the Business Development Company (BDC) market.
NEW YORK, June 13 (LPC) - Market expectation that the US Federal Reserve will cut rates, possibly as early as this year, has sent investors fleeing the loan market.
NEW YORK, June 3 (LPC) - US direct lenders, grappling with intense competition in the US middle market, are lowering the fees they charge to investors and adopting other aggressive terms as they look to adapt to an intense new lending landscape.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday a ceasefire in northern Syria is now permanent and lifted sanctions on Turkey as a result, rejecting criticism of his decision to pull out U.S. troops that allowed Kurdish allies to come under attack.