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Covenant erosion in middle-market direct lending

July 4, 2026

Covenant Erosion & Structural Credit Risk

Broadly syndicated loans are now 90% covenant-lite, and leverage on upper mid-market sponsor deals frequently opens at six or seven times EBITDA — a starting point that leaves little cushion for earnings deterioration. PIK modification rates are running near cycle highs of roughly 11–12%, versus a 3–4% liquid default rate — a divergence that Oaktree’s Danielle Poli cited as the clearest sign of hidden stress in the market.

1. The Redemption Snowball Meets the Boring-Is-Beautiful Trade — Matterfact · July 1, 2026

BDC Redemption Snowball & Liquidity Mismatch

Investors across non-traded BDCs sought to redeem $15.6bn in Q2 2026 — up from $13.9bn in Q1 — but managers returned only $5.9bn, down from $7.4bn the prior quarter, widening the gap between requests and payouts. For the first time in the asset class’s history, retail redemption requests exceeded net new inflows, making Q2 a structural inflection point.

1. Investors Tried to Pull $15.6B From Private Credit Funds in Q2 — But Only Got $5.9B Back — Lumida News · July 3, 20262. The Redemption Snowball Meets the Boring-Is-Beautiful Trade — Matterfact · July 1, 2026

Spread Compression & Repricing of the Illiquidity Premium

The direct-lending spread over liquid credit has compressed from over 200 bps to inside 100 bps, per Oaktree’s Poli, who framed this as ‘you should be paid for giving up liquidity’ — and currently you are not. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund locked in $350M of 6.100% fixed-rate unsecured notes due 2031 at 98.955% of par, using proceeds to repay secured revolving credit facilities — a move that converts short-duration secured funding into longer fixed-rate unsecured debt ahead of anticipated spread tightening.

1. MSDL to issue $350M 6.100% notes due 2031 — 8-K filing — Stock Titan · July 1, 20262. The Redemption Snowball Meets the Boring-Is-Beautiful Trade — Matterfact · July 1, 2026

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