Debtwire Middle Market reporters Catherine Perloff and Bill Weisbrod spoke with Portman Ridge Finance Corporation CEO Ted Goldthorpe. Goldthorpe discusses the BDC’s recent deals, including the acquisition of Garrison Capital, which closed in October, and the merger with Harvest Capital Credit Corp, which was announced in December. Goldthorpe also discusses the landscape for BDC acquisitions more broadly and its impact on the middle market and asset managers. Disclaimer: Portman Ridge is an affiliate of BC Partners, which owns a minority stake in Acuris.

Debtwire Middle Market reporters Giovanna Azevedo and Catherine Perloff spoke with Mark Podgainy, Managing Director at Getzler Henrich about where mid-market retailers stand following a decisive holiday season and months of pandemic-induced strain.

For the year’s final edition of Debtwire's Middle Market Podcast, Debtwire Middle Market Senior Reporter Bill Weisbrod spoke with HPS Investment Partners Managing Director Grishma Parekh and Goodwin Procter Partner Kristopher Ring to review the year that was in the world of private credit. They talked about where that area of the debt market stands at present, compared to the uncertainty of earlier in the year, as well as expectations for next year.

Debtwire Middle Market reporter Giovanna Azevedo spoke with Christopher Shaker, Senior Retail Analyst at RSM, about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on holiday shopping partners, as social distancing guidelines and uncertainty surrounding the virus continue to upend the mid-market retail industry.

Olga Kosters, head of private debt secondaries for Tikehau Capital joined the Middle Market podcast to talk about that strategy as well as the current and recent landscape for buying secondary stakes in private credit funds.

Debtwire Middle Market reporters Giovanna Azevedo and Catherine Perloff spoke with Ted Koenig, President and CEO of Monroe Capital, about the current state of the middle market lending space and how lenders are responding to distressed deals and the uptick in M&A financing. They also discuss government COVID relief programs and what we should expect going forward.

For the September edition of the Middle Market Podcast, reporters Bill Weisbrod and Catherine Perloff spoke with Nicole Drapkin, a managing director at Owl Rock Capital and co-head of the firm’s opportunistic credit strategy. Drapkin discussed how her group’s approach differs from Owl Rock’s core direct lending business, and how the market has evolved since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in North America.

Fitch Ratings analyst Chelsea Richardson joins Debtwire Middle Market senior reporter Bill Weisbrod to talk about the Business Development Company (BDC) industry with second quarter earnings in the book. They discuss BDC asset quality, fund level leverage and other BDC portfolio matters.

Debtwire Middle Market reporters Bill Weisbrod and Catherine Perloff spoke with Todd Koretzky a partner in Allen & Overy’s leveraged finance group about how direct lending deals have changed from the frothy pre-pandemic market and how they’ve evolved as the virus’s economic impact comes into sharper relief. They also discuss how the downturn will affect firms’ individual strategies and the private credit industry as a whole.

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