News reached us recently of a young walrus that had wandered south from his Arctic range in search of ice floes. Landing in Ireland, Wally began boarding luxury yachts. The property damage turned the whiskered wayfarer from “visiting celebrity to public enemy number one.” It all worked out, though, when a marine biologist enticed the…
In recent months wage growth has spiked and is closing in on price levels.
Sponsors cash out on demand for leveraged loans in 2021 Source: Dealogic, Debtwire Par Year-to-date dividend recapitalization financings have surpassed the full-year figures seen in the previous five years, as borrowers and financial sponsors alike capitalize on investor demand for leveraged loans. Issuance of USD 36.2bn through 20 October has already surpassed the 2020 figure…
The exit bonanza continues Download PitchBook’s Report here. Through Q3, PE exit activity is well into record territory, according to PitchBook’s latest US PE Breakdown. We’re estimating $638.3 billion in exited capital so far, including a blockbuster $283.7 billion exited in the third quarter alone. That’s a record by a wide margin, eclipsing the old record…
Beginning in March 2021 The Lead Left published a series of articles on reflation and inflation. This report consolidates those articles.
North America and Europe see number of fund closes rise A total of 22 North America-focused private debt funds closed in Q3 2021, a 47% increase on the 15 funds that closed during the same period in 2020. Although this is a substantial increase, it is much less than for Europe-focused funds, where there were…
Fundraising puts the pandemic in the rear mirror The year as a whole looks set to move comfortably past the total raised in 2020. Private debt fundraising had a tough time of it last year, fighting its way through the challenges of covid-19 and the enforced remote due diligence that it brought in its wake,…