Bonus NAVigator: Oppenheimer’s Penn is watching how credit losses weigh on BDCs
Mitchel Penn, Managing Director at Oppenheimer & Co. — interviewed at the Active Investment Company Alliance BDC Forum in New York on Wednesday — says that credit losses for business development companies during the first quarter of 2025 were more than...
‘The most buyer-friendly market we have seen since the Great Recession’
Andrew Kerai, senior credit strategist at RiverNorth Capital Management, portfolio manager for RiverNorth Specialty Finance Corp., says that the difficult market has created strong opportunities for increasing the credit quality in bond portfolios...
DLDeals.com’s Thompson talks about the pain – and recovery – ahead for BDCs
Kelly Thompson, founder and editor at Direct Lending Deals, says that business development companies specializing in middle-market lending are facing the pain of some defaults and the potential for restructurings, but she believes that the problems ultimately will make...


