Loan Note: Oaktree assesses direct lending; KKR sheds light on dizzying market

Oaktree weighs up the pros and cons of direct lending. Plus: why KKR sees this as the 'vertigo' era and the challenges of ESG for the leveraged loan market. Here's today's brief for our valued subscribers only.

17 May 20214 mins read

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