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The Pulse of Private Equity – 4/12/2021

A strong start to the year Download PitchBook’s Report here. Fourth quarter deal momentum spilled into 2021, resulting in record Q1 numbers for the US PE market. PitchBook’s latest US PE Breakdown Report calculates a $203 billion quarter on 1,763 deals across the country. That’s only the fourth time that a quarter has breached the $200…

PDI Picks – 4/12/2021

The European deal market’s fast rebound It was a challenging year for new transactions in the region which nonetheless went out with a bang. It was truly a remarkable year for private debt deals in Europe, as illustrated by a new survey which shows the rapid progression from slump to boom. The latest figures from…

Covid Impact on CLOs

So what happened to CLOs​ during Covid? When the world stopped last March, as our own CLO manager, Kelli Marti, told us, “everyone looked first to their health of their portfolios. The key was preserving the value of the underlying collateral. “Two things mattered,” she said, “triple-C exposure and OC cushions. If triple-Cs are too […]

Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis - 4/5/2021

1Q21 leveraged issuance marks four year high at US$474bn; 1Q21 HY bond volume sets new record Building on the early signs of market recovery observed in 4Q20, issuers of leveraged debt took advantage of accommodative conditions to raise nearly US$474bn in loan and high yield bond volume in 1Q21 , the second highest quarterly total…

Private Debt Intelligence - 4/5/2021

Private Debt: Risk/Return by Fund Type Across private debt strategies, returns and return dispersion data varies greatly. Direct lending funds, which are characterized by more senior secured debt, have been a steady investment, with a median net IRR of 8.3% for vintages 2008-2017 and a standard deviation of only 5.0%…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a

Covenant Trends - 4/5/2021

Percentage of Loans with F&C Tranche / Pro Forma EBITDA >0.9x (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Steven Miller

The Pulse of Private Equity – 4/5/2021

Buy-and-build correlates to more secondary buyouts PitchBook is publishing a new analyst note next week that does a deep dive on add-ons. One of the more striking findings is a correlation between additive platforms and how they eventually exit. The more add-ons a portfolio company undergoes, the more likely it will be acquired by another…