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# Insights (2) News & Insights

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## The Lenders Who Left: How a Decade of Easy Money Quietly Reshaped the Distressed Credit Landscape

The exit from middle-market distressed credit wasn't dramatic. No firm issued a press release declaring the strategy...

 April 22nd, 2026|4 min read

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<https://insights.axarcapital.com/credit-quality-in-decline>

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## Credit Quality in Decline — Why the Middle Market Is Axar's Hunting Ground

Between 2015 and 2021, the U.S. leveraged loan market grew 75%, ballooning from roughly $800 billion to $1.4 trillion.

 April 10th, 2026|5 min read

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<https://insights.axarcapital.com/from-grave-concerns-to-growth-the-everstory-revival>

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## From Grave Concerns to Growth: The Everstory Revival

There are roughly 3 million deaths in the United States every year. That number does not fluctuate meaningfully with...

 March 30th, 2026|11 min read

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## 2026 Market Outlook

2025 looked like a benign year for risk assets. Equity indices finished strong, setting many records along the way, and...

 January 19th, 2026|9 min read

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<https://insights.axarcapital.com/the-chopping-block-building-culture-how-two-ceos-turned-distress-into-durable-growth>

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## The Chopping Block: Building Culture- How Two CEOs Turned Distress into Durable Growth

WHAT WE’RE THINKING ABOUT We sat down recently with the CEOs of two of our most exciting and dynamic portfolio...

 November 11th, 2025|8 min read

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## Credit Unbound IV: Capitalizing on a Shifting Opportunity Set

Part IV – Axar’s Experience, Strategy and Edge in Today’s Credit Market In this Insight Series, we’re sharing a short...

 October 27th, 2025|8 min read

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## Credit Unbound III: Capitalizing on a Shifting Opportunity Set

Part III – Leveraged Loans: A Structurally Inefficient Market In this Insight Series, we’re sharing a short series of...

 September 15th, 2025|8 min read

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## Credit Unbound II: Capitalizing on a Shifting Opportunity Set

Part II – A Wider Moat: Reduced Competition in Middle Market Credit In this Insight Series, we share perspectives on...

 September 8th, 2025|5 min read

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## Credit Unbound I: Capitalizing on a Shifting Opportunity Set

Part I: The Road from Boom to Stress – Credit Quality in Decline In this Insight Series, we’re sharing a short set of...

 September 1st, 2025|6 min read

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## The Chopping Block: Chipping Away at the LME Opportunity

WHAT WE’RE THINKING ABOUT Liability Management Exercises or "LMEs" have become a defining feature of the current credit...

 June 20th, 2025|6 min read

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<https://insights.axarcapital.com/when-the-music-stops>

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## When The Music Stops

902 Broadway in New York’s Flatiron district was an unusual location for a creditors meeting, but then-CEO of SFX...

 March 3rd, 2025|7 min read

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