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BDCs and middle-market credit can solve rising-rate puzzle
The NAVigator
English - February 18, 2022 13:32 - 11 minutes - 11.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsInvesting Business closedendfunds Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Chris Oberbeck, chairman and chief executive officer at Saratoga Investment Corp., says that the structure of business-development companies -- which allows assets to increase in value when interest rates rise, while keeping liabilities fixed, thereby raising spreads -- makes them particularly attractive to investors looking for better real yields in a rising-rate environment. Oberbeck explains, generally, how BDCs will be able to weather the first rate increase, whenever it happens, with much less impact than most income investments will experience.