LevFin Insights: High-Yield Bond Statistics – 9/27/2021
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Source: LevFin Insights Source: LevFin Insights Source: Lipper (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Robert Polenberg robert.polenberg@levfininsights.com
Percentage of Loans that Cleared with the Least Protective Documentation Scores (5/5+/4-) Monthly (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Steven Miller
Even in the ordinary course of business, private equity sponsors pay ruthless attention to the cost structures of their portfolio companies. It is a time-tested tool in sponsors’ kits and often on the first page of their due diligence playbook. Covid has simultaneously raised the bar and challenged buyers in managing all aspects of companies’…
Global costs are higher to deliver goods and delays longer, thanks to Covid-related logistic challenges.
Consumer discretionary and information tech top PD As an industry, consumer discretionary has seen the largest number of private debt deals in North America since 2011, with 1768 deals and aggregate deal value of $265.7bn. This is only slightly more deals than industrials, which saw 1757 deals, but reached an aggregate deal value of just…
Canada calling The Canadian market is relatively small but trends point to significant future growth. For a long time, a handful of domestic banks have dominated the private debt market in Canada. But that is slowly starting to change. Fund managers, both local and foreign, want a bigger piece of the pie and are beefing…
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First-time fundraising bouncing back Download PitchBook’s Report here. Middle market fundraising posted a strong showing in H1, according to PitchBook’s latest US Middle Market Report. $68.4 billion was raised through June, which puts 2021 on pace to approach the 2019 record. Even if it doesn’t, the middle market is set to bounce back from a decline…