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THE BIG READ: Thoma Bravo to KKR to Deeper Junk. OTIC's Biggest Software Loss Was Modeled at 74. The Market Priced at 33 - Part I

The Software Loan That Rotted Inside OTIC

A Winning Demographic Story or Nah?

Per Freddie Mac’s latest performance data for its K securitization series for May, $330.73M has been lost thus far on a program which started in 2009 and originated $636.85B in loans supporting assisted living, garden apartments, independent living, mid-rise apartments, retirement homes and student housing.

Nvidia's 'Circle-Jerk' Backstop Has a Precedent. Ask Who Was Left Holding the Paper.

What broke the circle in the past?

PIK Your Poison: Blue Owl's (OBDC) Version - I

OBDC’s borrower map, the nesting problem, and what happens to the companies at the end of the chain when the funds get redeemed

Surfing the Cycle

I am tired of listening to the economic nightmare we are enduring compared to the GFC.

Delay, Deny, Defend, and Private Credit- II

Nobody denies an annuity. This is the life insurance version, and it works on the loans instead of the claims.

Debt, a Gateway Drug: Someone Has to Hold the First Loss

Blue Owl bought more than 17% of all risk sold in the new-issue CMBS market in the first quarter. Pension plans, the fastest-growing lending segment, hold under 1% of it.

Duration Is Not a Defense - I

Private credit inside life insurers, and why a thirty-year promise doesn't make a seven-year loan any safer - Duh!

How Deep Does the Mac and Cheese Go?

FROM A 'BLAH BOWL' TO THE INSURANCE-CREDIT ARCHITECTURE

BlackRock Is (NOT) Wall Street's Designated Adult - As BDEBT Highlights The Problem & The Hypocrisy

UNMASKING THE MARKS

The NVIDIA BOOBY-TRAP?

NVIDIA gets paid in cash. Someone holds the IOU. It might be you.

Debt, Disasters and Disgust

Buckle Up: 42nd Street and the Debt Behind the Largest Conversion in New York