This week we continue our conversation with Scott Kupor, managing partner and COO, Andreessen Horowitz. Andreessen Horowitz is a $4 billion venture capital firm, founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. The company is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Second of two parts – View part one The Lead Left: As a top unicorn investor,…
PE’s New Sweet Spot: $1bn-$5bn Private equity seems to have a new sweet spot for fund sizes. 53% of total capital raised in the U.S. went to the $1-$5bn range, the third time since the crisis that it’s closed a majority of LP dollars. The big exception is 2013,… Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member?
After a slow start to the year which generated less than $224 billion in high yield financings – of which a thin $138 billion represented leveraged loan volume – in 1Q, high yield financings picked up momentum in the second quarter. Nearly $325 billion in high yield debt cleared the market… Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member?
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Puerto Rico credit risks largely isolated Puerto Rico’s unsustainable debt problems have intensified this week, but the wider municipal bond market has so far remained resilient. Puerto Rico’s 2035 general obligation bond has seen its price drop from 77 on Friday June 26th to 66.2 on June 30th… Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log
Not surprisingly, investors’ views of where interest rates will go track investing decisions on floating rate instruments. Source: Wells Fargo, Desktop Q3 2015 CLO Outlook.
A banker friend vacationing in Greece this week reports asking a fifty-something customer in an Athens coffee shop what he did for a living. The man responds he’s been unemployed for the last four years. “The Greeks invented everything,” he said, “and now I’m taking a rest.” Certainly seems like déjà EU all over again:…
This week we chat with Scott Kupor, managing partner and COO, Andreessen Horowitz. Andreessen Horowitz is a $4 billion venture capital firm, founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. The company is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The Lead Left: Scott, thanks for taking the time to speak with us. How did the…