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The Pulse of Private Equity – 1/23/2023

The stalled exit environment Download PitchBook’s Report here. PitchBook’s latest US PE Breakdown, the annual version, showed a seismic decline in PE exits last year. Estimated exit volume fell by 28% while exit value fell a much sharper 63%. In all, PitchBook estimates $322.9 billion in exit value, which is the lowest total since 2013…. Subscribe

The 2023 M&A Outlook - Continued

The beauty of time off from work is the opportunity to reflect on the big picture. For us at the Lead Left it means moving beyond 2022 rates and recessions to a thoughtful consideration of what comes next… ▶︎ Read Jan 16 2023 newsletter: here ▶︎ Chart of the Week: here (by Nuveen, Bloomberg) (Any […]

Covenant Trends - 1/23/2023

Distribution of Accordion F&C Tranche EBITDA Grower Caps (L3M) (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) Contact: Steven Miller

Private Debt Intelligence - 1/23/2023

Private debt dry powder balanced with AUM Private debt dry powder continues to rise in line with the growth of assets under management (AUM) over 2022, although the ratio of dry powder to AUM fell slightly in the first half of 2022. As of June 2022, dry powder at managers based in Europe, North America…

PDI Picks – 1/23/2023

Rates become chief performance concern Inflation and interest rates enter investors’ list of top three worries this year, as fears of a recession persist. Rising interest rates and inflation have become the key concerns for investors taking part in Private Debt Investor’s LP Perspectives 2023 Study, for the first time pushing extreme market valuations out…

M&A Outlook for 2023 (Part Three)

As it turns out, there’s no better lens through which to examine the effects of the current economic environment than US middle market M&A activity. As we heard last week from five top investment bankers, a wide range of indicators – including volume, valuations, financing and sector rotation – flashed across the market in the…