The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2024

One of the best ways to create wealth is by investing in companies that pay a dividend. While many different types of companies pay dividends, business development companies (BDCs) represent a unique opportunity. BDCs are required to pay out 90% of their taxable income to investors each year.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 28, 2024

Let's break down five companies that are established dividend payers, and assess why holding each of these stocks over a long-term time horizon can lead to massive gains for your portfolio. Hercules Capital Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC) is a business development company (BDC). by the end of 2023.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 6, 2024

dividend yield Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC) is a business development company (BDC) that specializes in providing capital to venture-backed start-ups. What makes Ares a bit different than Hercules is that the company tends to focus on lower middle-market businesses across a wider array of industries.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 17, 2023

Lately, much attention has been lavished on Ares Capital, the unit created in 2004 to provide financing for middle-market acquisitions, recapitalizations, and leveraged buyouts. It expects an increase in missed loan repayments by borrowers as the result of an economic slowdown in 2023, but thus far, delinquency has been minimal.

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Blackstone

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

4 To discuss the opportunities in this rising asset class and how to navigate the benefits and challenges of higher-for-longer rates, I welcome, as indicated below, the perspectives of Jonathan Bock, Co-CEO of Blackstone’s Business Development Companies (BDCs) and Global Head of Market Research for Blackstone Credit.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 11, 2024

Private Grief Private markets — made up of PE firms who take stakes in companies, and private credit funds who lend to them — have ballooned since the turn of the millennium, expanding by 15 times according to a September report from the International Organization of Securities Commissions. trillion at the end of June 2023.

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