Capital Southwest is coming back to the debt market with another unsecured note issuance. We review the details and how this fits into the BDC’s long term growth strategy.
An important week for BDC Fixed Income,both where prices are concerned and in other ways. We review what’s going on and cast forward till the end of 2021, by which time things could be very different.
The BDC rally marched on in a busy week. We review the highlights and look forward to an upcoming slate of results.
OFS Capital amends one of its secured loan agreements. The favorable terms agreed on suggest the BDC’s finances continue to be on the mend.
A portfolio company of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital files for Chapter 11, shortly after the BDC placed its debt on non accrual.
The BDC Reporter previews some of the subjects that we’ll be looking out for when high flying Horizon Technology announces IVQ 2020 results in March.
We re-publish an article from the BDC Credit Reporter about PennantPark Investment’s largest portfolio company which has been underperforming for several years.
PhenixFin’s IVQ 2020 results are obscured by one huge dividend received. On a pro-forma basis, though, the BDC’s performance continues to decline and many questions remain about what comes next.
BDC Fixed Income prices are in a lull but redemption and issuance activity remains active. We review what that means for debt prices this week and going forward.
The BDC rally marches on for yet another week. We look at who most prospered this week, and who did not and look forward as well.
Golub Capital announces a new secured loan facility. Nonetheless, the BDC Reporter has questions about the BDC’s overall financing structure.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance announces preliminary IVQ 2020 results and a new joint venture. We discuss the positives and negatives of both.
Fidus Investment increases its distributions, raising the possibility the BDC can return to its pre-pandemic payout level. We review both the FDUS dividend history and its potential future.
Ares Capital broke some records in the IVQ 2020 and has parlayed its success into a new common stock offering announcement after the close. We scan the highlights and the well orchestrated path of the largest BDC.
A portfolio company of FS KKR Capital seems to be on the verge of refinancing a portion of its leveraged loan debt in the junk market. We offer the details as known.
Barings BDC has previewed IVQ 2020 results. Besides an increased distribution, there’s a whole lot going on in the BDC’s press release which the BDC Reporter has annotated.
Golub Capital reports IVQ 2020 results very much in line with its own preliminary metrics. The BDC Reporter, though, has questions about liquidity and the dividend outlook.
Avanti Communications – leading portfolio company of Great Elm Capital – gets a last minute financial reprieve.
Yes, BDC fixed income prices reached a post-Covid record but that’s not the most important development of the week. The BDC Reporter foresees huge changes ahead for BDC debt investors.
A remarkable week for the BDC common stock rally that has been going since Halloween of last year.