“Where we’re seeing the best risk-adjusted return in the marketplace today, is not only below $50 million EBITDA, but below $20 million EBITDA. And that’s where we’ve had our most recent successes, lending money to companies that we believe are safe loans and where we can co-invest in the equity.” PennantPark Founder and Managing Partner Art Penn, shared his insights on global debt, the shape of the company’s portfolio through the pandemic, and the current...Continue Reading

PennantPark Founder and Managing Partner Art Penn recently participated in Private Debt Investor’s New York Forum, where he discussed trends in companies’ earnings and liquidity, leverage levels, changes in the CLO market and adjustments to covenants that he has seen across the market.Continue Reading

PennantPark Founder and Managing Partner Art Penn attended the Private Debt Investor Seoul and Tokyo Forums last week and participated in multiple panels that evaluated how investors can find value in private credit and assessed the global factors impacting the private debt market. In both Tokyo and Seoul, Art provided an overview of the robust opportunities and strategies institutional investors can capitalize on to preserve capital and maximize performance throughout the current credit cycle and...Continue Reading

PennantPark Founder and Managing Partner, Art Penn, participated in the Private Markets panel at the 17th Annual Global ARC conference last week. Art provided an overview on some of the credit-focused strategies that institutional investors can leverage during the current cycle. Art was joined on the panel by Gordon Bajnai of Campbell Lutyens, Theodore Koenig of Monroe Capital LLC, Jonathan Dorfman of Napier Park Global Capital, and Dan Sparks of Shelter Growth Capital Partners |...Continue Reading