With the first quarter of 2016 in the books, we kick off the second with a look at our Chart of the Week. Our content partners at Thomson Reuters LPC report middle market activity with sponsors slumped to $7.3 billion – the lowest level since 2010. Anecdotally mid cap lenders confirm this trend. “We’re pretty…
Middle market loan activity with sponsors during the first quarter has slowed to a six-year low. Quarterly Sponsored Middle Market Loan Volume Source: Thomson Reuters LPC 2Q MM Investor Outlook Survey
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This week we continue our conversation with Tim Kelly, a 30+ year veteran of private equity and capital markets. Since retiring as a senior investment Partner with Adams Street Partners, Tim has completed his Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology. His focus is what investors, LPs, GPs, and capital market participants can learn by applying new perspectives…
The Bigger, the Better: Private Equity Funds Still Trending Upward in Size Although there is a fair amount of quarterly variance in median private equity fund sizes, there has been a distinct trend upward since the end of 2013, with the closing quarter of 2015 cresting at just over $300 million across all PE fund…
U.S. leveraged lending, at US$112bn in 1Q16, was down 29% from 4Q15 Instability in oil prices and credit concerns in energy and metals and mining, coupled with worries that slowing global growth could impact the U.S., amplified what was already shaky sentiment heading into this year. Although seeing opportunities, some distressed funds waited to pull…
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Returns on US dollar denominated emerging market (EM) bonds have outstripped developed nation peers so far this year, as confidence in the region has returned after market volatility in late 2015. Since January 2016, dollar denominated EM sovereigns and corporates have returned 4.3% and 3.2% respectively, according to Markit’s iBoxx indices. The returns surpass those of…