Less debt today, lower returns tomorrow? Download PitchBook’s 2017 Global PE Deal Multiples Report: III Here According to our just-released 3Q Deal Terms Survey results, average equity contributions have climbed to 57% of EV year-to-date. That’s the highest percentage in our dataset, which includes survey results dating back to 2012. Whenever we release these datapoints, we caution…
Lender Survey: Are the structural characteristics of loans changing for good? Just over half of the audience gathered during Thomson Reuters LPC’s 23rd Annual Loan & CLO Conference said that structures have not changed for good but rather the pendulum will swing back when credit quality deteriorates. However, just over one fifth disagreed, reporting that…
Same game, new players Download Report Here The alternative asset industry is no stranger to GP stake sales, but those transactions have historically focused on hedge fund managers over private equity. That trend has pulled a full 180 in recent years, with PE stakes now accounting for well over half of such deals in 2017 while…
Private Debt Investors’ Plans for the Next 12 Months The large majority of investors surveyed by Preqin in June 2017 are satisfied with private debt: 80% report that their portfolios have met expectations over the past 12 months. However, the proportion of investors who expect to decrease capital commitments to the asset class in the…
Toys R Us triggers CDS credit event Toys R Us became the latest CDS name to default after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. There have been lots of contentious credit events this year (Noble, Banco Popular, Monte to name a few) but this one was cut and dried. An auction will be held…
Toys ‘R’ Us bankruptcy pushes DIP loan issuance to the highest level since 2009 Toys ‘R’ Us launched a US$3.125bn debtor-in-possession (DIP) facility this week after filing for Chapter 11 protection on Monday. If the deal goes through at the launch amounts, it would bring year to date DIP loan issuance to US$7.6bn across 13…
The numbers behind the fundraising boom Download PitchBook’s Global PE Deal Multiples Report Here According to our new PE & VC Fund Performance Report, released this week, net cashflows to private equity investors stayed in positive territory through 2016. Net cashflows (the difference between LP contributions and GP distributions) are on a downward trend and, while…
Investors Satisfied with Private Debt Performance Investors’ positive perception of the private debt industry remains strong moving into H2 2017, as cited by more than half (57%) of survey respondents. Potentially more telling, however, is the consistently low reports of any negative perception from investors…. Login to Read More...
CDS orphaning risk Wind Acquisition Finance and Energias de Portugal (EDP) are two credits that appear to have little in common. One is a financing vehicle for an Italian telecoms group, while the other is a Portuguese electricity operator. There is a tenuous link – EDP is one of the world’s largest wind power producers….
Middle market covenant lite deals exhibit higher leverage than covenanted deals Private equity shops who are purchasing large middle market credits with EBITDA $40M and above have many choices on how to finance their deals. Those sponsors that choose the institutional loan market seem to get the most flexibility. Middle market covenant lite volume has…