Senior Lending
Don’t Listen to the Talk, Mezz Definitely Isn’t Dead
NEW YORK, November 5, 2015 – These days it’s popular sport at loan conferences to kick the mezzanine asset class. After the credit crisis, when some investors in subordinated debt took a licking, the common question heard among market players was: “Is mezz dead?” Today the refrain is: “Is mezz still dead?” And yet, in conversations with practitioners, it seems mezz is alive and well.
Ohio Transmission Corporation
Ohio Transmission
Lender
- First Lien Credit Facility
Irving Place Capital
October 2015
Mid-Market Syndicate Game Changes Again
NEW YORK, October 8, 2015 – When your correspondent began distributing middle market loans (in the waning days of the Reagan administration), the concept was considered novel. Back then money-centre banks underwrote and syndicated mainly large corporate loans to other relationship banks. Smaller deals were mostly self-arranged, club affairs among regional banks and finance companies.
CRGT – Salient
CRGT - Salient
Lender
- First Lien Credit Facility
Bridge Growth Partners & Frontenac
September 2015
US Roundtable
NEW YORK, September, 2015 – The US private debt market, always the most mature, is proving particularly creative too. PDI sits down with seven debt managers to discuss the market.
US Private Debt an Untapped Opportunity
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, September 1, 2015 – Institutional investors should consider US private debt as an alternative investment strategy to obtain higher returns, says Churchill Asset Management.