Over the past 18 months it’s been fascinating to watch the divergent, often contradictory economic narratives in headlines and data. While the Delta variant created a surge of infections that in some states rivaled the original virus, capital markets continued their barnstorming ways. Even including its recent pullback, the Dow is up 5% since Delta…
Higher earnings is being driven by pent-up worker demand; a 4.3% increase over last year.
Another frenetic quarter for the middle market Download PitchBook’s Report here. PitchBook’s latest US Middle Market Report was released today. The frenetic pace of dealmaking continued into the second quarter, reaching an estimated $142.8 billion. That would mark the second highest quarterly total on record, behind Q4 2020’s $156.8 billion. Sandwiched between those two was a…
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Dry powder levels indicate healthy competition in PD Levels of dry powder in private debt have reached 35% across five main strategies (direct lending, distressed debt, mezzanine, special situations and venture debt) in Q2 2021, with funds sitting on $364bn. This indicates that, based on a three-year fundraising cycle, capital raised is in balance with…
Papa John’s New Unsecured Notes Allow Considerable Additional Secured Debt; Leverage-Based Restricted Payments and Investment Baskets Accessible at Issuance With 2.5x, 2.75x Headroom Papa John’s International has announced the launch of $400 million of senior unsecured notes due 2029 (the “New Notes”), which are expected to price today, Thursday, Sept. 9. Proceeds of the New…
Reinforcements needed for deals frontline Private debt transactions are plentiful, but are European fund managers biting off more than they can chew? In last week’s Lead Left, we reflected on our US Report, which accompanied the September 2021 issue of Private Debt Investor, in which Paul Hastings partner William Brady told us that the market…