LBO loan issuance lags in 1Q21 Source: Debtwire Par It has been a busy start to the year in the leveraged loan market, though not when it comes to loans backing LBO activity. New money loan transactions, and LBOs in particular, have struggled to keep up with demand from lenders, prompting a surge in institutional…
In February 1983 your correspondent bought his first house with a 13% 30-year fixed rate mortgage. Why fixed? Because the year before, the 30-year had soared to almost 18%. Higher interest rates were a fact of life. We stubbornly stuck to the fixed rate option in succeeding refis over the next two decades. Since the…
Since the Volcker Shock of 1980 consumer prices have fallen to a range of 2-3%.
IPE Real Assets – Real Estate & Infrastructure Fundraising Real Estate Fundraising Real estate fundraising activity started at a slow pace in 2021. So far in 2021 (as t 10th March 2021) just 34 funds have been closed raising $15bn. In terms of capital raised, Q1 2021 has registered the lowest figures since Q1 2013….
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The allure of Asia Pacific Investors have set their sights on the region, perhaps noting the tightness of the documentation. Past research by Private Debt Investor has found Asia Pacific only accounting for around 5 percent of global private debt fundraising, with capital committed to the region a drop in the ocean compared with North…
We continue our special series on The Great Reception, a year that’s welcoming all investors. This week we look at the capital markets: funds flow, asset behavior and deal quality. With each passing day, the light at the end of the COVID tunnel grows brighter. That newfound optimism has put upward pressure on interest rates. […]
US$480.5m of defaulted loan debt in the retail andsupermarkets sector held in active U.S. CLO collateral There was US$480.5m of defaulted loan debt from 14 different borrowers in the retail and supermarkets sector that was held in active US CLOs as of the end of January. However, only two issuers accounted for three fourths of…
Distribution of Synergies & Cost Savings EBITDA Addback Time Horizons (for Actions Resulting in Addbacks) Contact: Steven Miller
More nuance around first-time funds Download PitchBook’s Report here. Past PitchBook research has found statistical outperformance for first-time PE funds compared to follow-on funds. That note was one among many studies that arrived at the same conclusion: first-time funds tend to do relatively well, for a variety of reasons. PitchBook just released a follow-on note (so…