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Lead Left Interview -  David Preston _ Part Two

This week we continue our conversation with David Preston, managing director in the Structured Products Research group at Wells Fargo Securities. David covers CLOs, CDOs and Commercial ABS, and publishes a widely-respected report, The CLO Salmagundi. Second of two parts – View part one The Lead Left: OK, thanks. So you were saying on volume… DP: Yes, so $3 billion,…

THE PULSE OF PRIVATE EQUITY

No Curve in the Path Anytime Soon Once each quarter we pause to pull together survey and transaction data to try and understand where the private equity deal market is at in terms of pricing, multiples, leverage and fees…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...

MARKIT RECAP

Trading volumes usually fall during the summer, but the decline may start earlier than usual this year. World Cup fever has struck the financial markets, though it has to be said the atmosphere is probably more febrile outside of North America…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...

Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis

2014 CLO issuance sits well over $50 billion so far this year. With more than $10 billion in CLOs pricing in each of the last three months, analysts dialed up their expectations for issuance for the year. … Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...

Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis

Loans are appealing to investors because they offer a cash coupon, an interest rate hedge, security,  seniority in the capital structure and covenants.  Oh wait, did we say covenants? Our bad!  Not only is covenant lite running rampant in the loan market, but covenanted deals are also providing investors with less protection today compared to the past.  Based on leveraged deals with at least one covenant tracked by LPC via SEC filings, the amount of covenants in covenanted deals is at an all time low.

Lead Left Interview -  David Preston

This week we speak with David Preston, managing director in the Structured Products Research group at Wells Fargo Securities. David covers CLOs, CDOs and Commercial ABS, and publishes a widely-respected report, The CLO Salmagundi. The Lead Left: David, CLOs were left for dead last year with all the regulatory pressures they seemed to be facing,…

Numbers, Again

“What did you learn in math class today, honey?” Picking our daughter up from her second day of an after-school program, we hoped to hear progress in our mission for her to reach coding stardom and launch the next Uber. Our four-year old made a long face, “Numbers, again,” she replied sadly. We sympathize. Hard…