BDC Fixed Income: Market Recap: Week Ended October 12, 2018

Posted by Nicholas Marshi, BDC Reporter on Oct 15, 2018 10:37:31 AM

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Respite

The week ended October 12 2018 was dismal for BDC common stock investors.

Readers may not need our BDC Common Stocks Market Recap – published simultaneously with this article – to be alerted to the fact.

However, BDC Fixed Income – after enduring it’s own mini-meltdown the week before – perked up modestly on the week.

Of the 39 BDC debt issues that are actively trading (out of 40 in the universe), the median price came to $25.18.

On October 5, 2018, that equivalent median price was $25.09.

Moreover, the number of debt issues trading below par – pushed there by higher rates – dropped to 11 from 13.

Still, there were no issues trading over $26.00 – until just recently a frequent occurrence.

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Topics: Middle Market, Analytics, BDC, business development company, Fixed Income, portfolio, News, bdc reporter

BDC Common Stocks Market Recap: Week Ended October 4, 2018

Posted by Nicholas Marshi, BDC Reporter on Oct 10, 2018 10:30:00 AM

Tumbling Down

This was a hard week to be a BDC common stock investor.

After several weeks of ups and downs in a narrow range, BDC prices mostly moved clearly to the downside.

We’ll start as we most always do with the UBS Exchange Traded Note with the ticker BDCS, which fell to $20.361 from $20.72 the week before, a (1.7% drop).

BDCS was at $20.90 a fortnight ago, so the two week decline is (2.6%).

Likewise, the Wells Fargo BDC Index dropped (1.4%) in a week and (2.4%) over two weeks.

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Topics: Loans, Middle Market, Analytics, market analytics, business development company, Fixed Income, News, bdc reporter

LevFin Insights BDC Portfolio News 10-9-18

Posted by Thomas Dunford on Oct 9, 2018 4:34:39 PM

FSIC’S YIELD TO NARROW IN EMPLOYBRIDGE REPRICING; GLAD HOLDS 2L DEBT UP FOR REPAYMENT AT RED VENTURES

With September’s marquee M&A transactions put away, opportunistic activity ramped up further last week in both loans and bonds. The shift in technicals stemming from the lack of a formidable M&A calendar was particularly tangible in the loan market, as heavy investor demand raised the prospect for tight prints and aggressive documentation. Repricings, extensions and dividend recapitalizations were all in the mix, with arrangers using these transactions as a vehicle to effect other issuer-friendly revisions, including covenant stripping.

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Topics: Loans, Middle Market, Analytics, BDC, market analytics, business development company, Fixed Income, portfolio, LevFin Insights, News

BDC Common Stocks Market Recap: Week Ended September 28, 2018

Posted by Nicholas Marshi, BDC Reporter on Oct 3, 2018 10:30:00 AM

Chill In The Air

The BDC sector’s upward trend stalled again this week.

The Wells Fargo BDC Index dropped (1.3%).

Likewise, BDCS – the UBS Exchange Traded Note – saw its stock price drop (0.9%) to $20.72.

That’s the lowest level for BDCS in 5 weeks.

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Topics: Loans, Middle Market, Analytics, BDC, market analytics, business development company, Losers, Fixed Income, News, bdc reporter

BDC Fixed Income Market Recap: Week Ended September 28, 2018

Posted by Nicholas Marshi, BDC Reporter on Oct 1, 2018 3:03:26 PM

May You Live In Interesting Times

BDC Fixed Income – which most of the time is as exciting as watching paint dry – is in the midst of a dramatic period of change.

First of all – and the primary focus of our weekly Market Recaps – the prices of existing issues are dropping.

We noted as much last week, and the phenomenon continued this week.

The median price of the now 38 different public BDC issues we track dropped to $25.21, from $25.29 and $25.35 two weeks before.

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Topics: Loans, Middle Market, Analytics, BDC, market analytics, business development company, Fixed Income, News, bdc reporter


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