Surprisingly M&A activity continues to be strong in the IVQ 2022. We discuss the implications for the BDC sector.
The BDC Reporter and BDC Credit Reporter collaborate on an in-depth review of First Eagle Alternative Capital’s underperforming companies.
Another dismal day for all the major indices, the BDC sector and for BDC Fixed Income where prices are concerned.
The final terms of Saratoga Investment’s new Baby Bond offering are released. We analyze and explain why the issuance of this new Baby Bond is important.
Not a good day for stocks and the BDC sector as yields continue to rise.
In a rare occurrence, we learn about a new investment made by tiny public BDC PhenixFin Corporation.
Heads up ! An already highly leveraged Saratoga Investment prepares to issue a new Baby Bond. We will publish a full fledged review when all the details are known.
All the major stock indices were up on the day, as was the BDC sector. We run the numbers, discuss BDC Fixed Income; credit news and more.
Main Street Capital releases preliminary and incomplete but still impressive results for the IIIQ 2022.
We re-publish a BDC Credit Reporter article about one of First Eagle Alternative Capital’s troubled portfolio companies, soon to be absorbed by Crescent Capital.
Saratoga Investment is to book a realized gain on the sale of a portfolio company.
Hercules Capital continues a multi-quarter, multi-year record of increasing its payouts to shareholders. We review the latest news and the recent numbers.
A bad week for the major indices, but a modest uptick for the BDC sector. Still, the BDC sector remains in the doldrums, reflecting investor pessimism.We are more bullish on fundamentals. Somebody is wrong.
A Cion Investment portfolio company is getting ever deeper into credit trouble. We re-publish an article from the BDC Credit Reporter.
As recently promised, SLR Investment is setting up a joint venture with a financial partner to invest in loans. We review what details are, and are not, available.
Check out the latest BDC news developments.
Notwithstanding the gloomy market conditions, the parade of BDCs announcing higher distributions of late continues with Gladstone Investment.
We’ve undertaken an in-depth credit review of Saratoga Investment’s credit portfolio through the end of August. Our summary: Pretty, pretty good.
After a terrible September, BDC prices rose early in October – only to drop later in the week. We review the numbers and where the BDC market stands forty one weeks into 2022.
The BDC Reporter experiments with a new format for analyzing and commenting on a BDC’s earnings conference call. We begin with Saratoga Investment who reports one month before the rest of the BDC sector.