US Insight: LPs look to diversify direct lending exposure as larger deals drive BDC portfolio overlap
Between industry, geography and other elements, building a balanced portfolio has always been a focus…
Sabrina HerrmannOctober 21, 2025
US/EMEA Post Petition: First Brands UCC selects Cole Schotz and Brown Rudnick as legal counsel
First Brands’ unsecured creditors committee selected Cole Schotz and Brown Rudnick as legal counsel, according…
Rosemary KannOctober 20, 2025
US Insight: Despite perceived risks, lower middle-market deal volume leads M&A revival
The perception that lower middle-market deals are riskier than other segments of direct lending has…
Sabrina HerrmannOctober 20, 2025
US Insight: Industrial services businesses emerge as opportunity for direct lenders
After "Liberation Day" in April, the markets felt anything but liberated, especially in the industrials…
Siobhan HodsonSeptember 30, 2025
US Insight: Rights over lender-appointed boards become latest private credit battleground
Proxy rights for lenders have become the latest battleground in deal negotiations, according to sources,…
Sabrina HerrmannJuly 31, 2025
US Insight: Liquidity risks loom for interval funds even as retail investors jump in
Interval funds have had explosive growth as private credit’s enticing yields draw individual investors to…
Sabrina HerrmannJuly 17, 2025
US Weekly Insights: Alera’s ~$4bn 1L/2L private credit takeout headlines revival in opportunistic business; New Fortress Energy debt tumbles after big Q1 miss
Weekly20250516.pptx Against the backdrop of a secondary that’s finally clawed its way back to pre-"Liberation…
Sara LawalMay 20, 2025
US Private Credit Weekly: Retail BDC money could create challenges amid tough deal backdrop
LFI Private Credit Weekly 05-09-25.xlsx The increase in the number of retail investors in private…
Sara LawalMay 13, 2025
US Private Credit Weekly: Secondaries take primary focus while BDCs earnings calls portend promising fate for direct lenders
LFI Private Credit Weekly 05-02-25.xlsx Recent fundraising for credit secondaries coupled with solid BDC earnings…
Sara LawalMay 2, 2025