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Dayna Fields
Chief Correspondent, Middle Market at Octus
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Dayna Fields is chief correspondent leading middle market coverage of private credit, BDC trends and M&A activity for Octus, a global data, news and intelligence platform for institutional credit investors, owned by Permira Private Equity. Over the past decade, she has lived and reported in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City, boasting a cross-country network of investor-sources across sectors like healthcare, software and consumer discretionary/staples. Follow her on LinkedIn to connect and read her articles!

The Octus private credit team writes and reports on the latest developments of live M&A deals in every sector and subsequent debt financing as well as data-driven trends and BDC analysis. Direct lenders: Contribute to our league tables to be included in our quarterly rankings report!