Barings – the external manager of publicly-traded Barings BDC – has announced organizational and personnel changes following the loss of 230 employees to a competitor. We assess the changes involved and the impact on the BDC and its shareholders.
We are writing credit summaries for every BDC that has reported IVQ 2023 results. These summaries accompany one of the BDC Reporter’s top SubScriber Tools: the BDC Credit Table. We have just completed a credit update for Barings BDC. That’s 12 completed.
We review Barings BDC’s IVQ 2023 and full year financial performance and ask the key question all shareholders are asking themselves.
Barings BDC has joined 28 other BDCs in disclosing quarterly risk ratings about its portfolio. The BDC Reporter explains why this is an investor friendly move.
We are re-publishing an article from BDC Best Ideas , updating long-term projections for Barings BDC following an in-depth review on all fronts.
Barings BDC is a lender to a famous mattress manufacturer in serious financial trouble. We discuss in great detail the likely impact on the BDC’s earnings and income.
The BDC Reporter undertakes a great deal of commentary and analysis while annotating Barings BDC’s IIQ 2022 conference call. We cover issues both relevant to Barings BDC itself and the BDC sector more generally. Settle in for a long read or focus on the highlights at the top.
The markets were in the black on Tuesday and the BDC rally continued. There were multiple news items, including an increased dividend and new senior managers at a large cap BDC plus positive credit developments at Capital Southwest.
The BDC sector was up on the day, judging by its exchange traded fund, but clearly down based on the number of stocks in the red. Also, we re-publish a credit snapshot of Barings BDC, prepared by the BDC Credit Reporter.
In the first of a two part series theBDC Reporter has an in-depth look at the investment portfolio of Barings BDC, with a focus on underperforming companies.
Inflation is here and the markets flinched. So did the BDC sector, but not much. Otherwise, there were plenty of BDC developments to cover.
All the indices pull back from record highs, including the BDC sector. Earnings and dividends continue to be announced, causing one BDC to disappoint investors but most are performing as expected.
The broader indices – and the BDC sector – turned positive on Wednesday. We review the highlights. Also discussed: an analyst call on a popular BDC and at a small player insiders register their shares for a potential public sale.
The BDC Reporter annotates Baring BDC’s discussion of its acquisition of Sierra Income. This is one of the biggest BDC-related transactions of 2021 and involves multiple moving parts.
The main indices had a hard time rebounding from Monday’s big down day, but not so the BDC sector. Also, a popular mid-sized BDC reports on two significant realized gains and – in breaking news – one public BDC is set to acquire a private player.
