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DCM Insider Weekly – 4th May 2026
Market continue to be positive. Issuers and investors may want to use this period to derisk.
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Position for Defence DCM
Defence DCM – across bonds, private credit, securitisation and leveraged finance – is likely to grow very rapidly.
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Apollo’s Zito Warns of 20 Cent Recoveries on Some Software Private Credit Loans
Apollo’s co-president John Zito warned that recoveries on some private credit loans to software companies could be 20 to 40 cents on…
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MFS – Suspected Private Credit Fraud – The Big Picture Implications
The MFS private credit default and allegations of fraud raise the risk that there are hidden systemic risks from fraud and bad…
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Blue Owl’s Retail Private Credit Fund Problem – The Key Issues
Problems with Blue Owl’s retail-focused private credit fund have triggered worries about valuations across the private credit market.
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Interesting Electronic Arts Liability Management – Bond Prices Fall
Electronic Arts’ acquiring group announced plans to potentially defease EA’s outstanding bonds – catching some investors by surprise. Bond prices fell rapidly.
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Creditors Ask Court to Throw Out Optimum Antitrust Case that Could Change the Future of the Private and Public Credit Markets
The precedent set in this transaction will affect the relative power of creditors and issuers in stressed situations.
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Primer: SRT Trades
Over $1 trillion of assets has been protected by Significant Risk Transfer trades since 2016.
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Buyside: ADIA and MUFG Back AlbaCore’s New European Senior Lending Strategy
The European private credit market is a rapidly growing part of the European debt capital markets. This first close gives AlbaCore $1.8…
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US Private Credit Default Rate Up From 5.0% To 5.7%
Borrowers who took on private credit debt when interest rates were low have faced much higher interest rates over the last few…