Preferred Equity's Comeback
Filling the gap left by shrinking senior loans.
As senior lenders cut leverage, the gap between the loan and the equity widened — and preferred equity rushed in to fill it. It is one of the defining structures of this market.
Debt-Like, Equity-Adjacent
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