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2 Unstoppable Dividend Stocks Yielding More Than 9% That Income-Seeking Investors Will Want to Buy in October and Hold Forever

The Motley Fool

Ares Capital Ares Capital is the world's largest publicly traded business development company ( BDC ). At the end of June, just three of this BDC's portfolio companies, representing 1.5% At the end of June, professional services was its largest industry concentration, at 7.8% of the portfolio.

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2 Ultra-High-Yield Dividend Stocks You Can Buy Now and Hold at Least a Decade

The Motley Fool

Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) and PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT) are a pair of well-manged business development companies (BDCs) that offer eye-popping dividend yields. Just three companies representing 1.5% This BDC is most exposed to the professional services, aerospace, and defense industries.

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Private Equity's Creative Wizardry Posing Systemic Risk?

Pension Pulse

In the US, Bloomberg Intelligence reckoned in a February note that 17% of loans at the 10 largest business development companies — essentially vehicles for private credit funds — involved PIK. At some point firms are going to have to do what they’ve been good at, which is realizing their exit value.”

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Private Credit, Meet “Higher for Longer”

Blackstone

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.