The BDC Reporter undertakes a credit review of Garrison Capital.
Prospect Capital is busy again re-organizing its balance sheet. This time, the BDC seeks to buyback its 2022 Convertible debt. We take a first look and are left unsure as to management’s motivation.
We re-publish an article from the BDC Credit Reporter about a non-performing Fidus Investment company. We also use the opportunity to offer up some of the key credit metrics of the BDC following IIQ 2020 results, which subscribers can access in the BDC Data Table.
A Capitala Finance portfolio company has gone from performing normally to being liquidated in a very short period. We re-publish an update from the BDC Credit Reporter.
A Capitala Finance portfolio company in the healthcare field appears to have been restructured in the IIQ 2020, resulting in an upgrade from the BDC Credit Reporter. However, a realized loss seems to have been incurred and questions remain.
The BDC Reporter annotates Capitala Finance’s IIQ 2020 conference call transcript and asks some hard questions about the future of the BDC.
Another BDC calls on existing shareholders to inject additional equity capital via a Rights Offering. Principal intended use: investing in financial services companies. More analysis to follow.
Not much changed during the week where BDC Fixed Income prices are concerned, but we’ve come a long way already and the BDC Reporter believes there’s much more change to come for the sector before the year is out.
A quiet week – with a couple of notable exceptions – for hard news from the BDC sector. Still, the BDC Reporter and BDC Credit Reporter kept busy with multiple company and BDC updates.
This was the week the Fed announced a new interest rate policy and BDC investors were not sure whether to cheer or hiss.
The BDC Reporter undertakes a Credit Review of Solar Capital following the publication of its IIQ 2020 results.
The BDC Reporter annotates Solar Capital’s IIQ 2020 conference call transcript.
The penultimate BDC to report IIQ 2020 results is Prospect Capital. Here is the BDC Reporter’s First Look.
The BDC Reporter undertakes a Credit Review of Capital Southwest Corporation for the IIQ 2020.
The BDC Reporter annotates the IIQ 2020 conference call transcript of a relatively new public BDC: Crescent Capital BDC. We learn a great deal, but more remains to unearth.
We re-publish an article from the BDC Credit Reporter about the latest BDC portfolio company – held by two different public players – to file Chapter 11.
The BDC Reporter offers up plenty of commentary about Bain Capital Specialty Finance’s IIQ 2020 conference call transcript and summarizes our assessment of liquidity, credit and the long term outlook for the BDC.
This was the first week in a while without BDC results being announced, but there was plenty of other stories drawn from the headlines, and the pen of the BDC Reporter and BDC Credit Reporter.
The median BDC Fixed Income price climbs ever closer to par and even the underperformers are moving upward. Nonetheless, the BDC Reporter has a word of caution amidst a greatly improved overall environment for BDC debt holders.
A week without BDC earnings resulted in a drop in prices. We quantify how much and take a fresh look at where the BDC sector sits price and fundamentals-wise with all but two players having reported their results.