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Select Deals in the Market – 4/30/2018
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Private Debt Intelligence – 4/30/2018
Direct Lending Drives Dry Powder Growth The private debt industry has seen relatively small increases in dry powder (capital waiting to be deployed) in recent years. After spiking by 23% across 2015, annual rises in 2016 and 2017 were just 3% and 7% respectively, with a further 3% rise to the end of April 2018….
Loan Stats at a Glance – 4/30/2018
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Lead Left Interview – Andrew Welch
This week we chat with Andrew Welch, managing director, Revelstoke Capital Partners. Revelstoke is a middle market private equity firm headquartered in Denver that focuses on building industry-leading companies in the healthcare and related business services sectors. The firm has about $1.0 billion of assets under management and, since the firm’s inception in mid-2013, has…
Select Deals in the Market – 4/23/2018
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The Pulse of Private Equity – 4/23/2018
Construction Delays Download PitchBook’s report click here. Last week we highlighted our recent buy-and-build research, which found, among other things, that PE hold periods are significantly impacted by add-on deals. On average, platforms with add-on acquisitions take about one year longer to exit versus bare-bones platforms. That, in turn, has helped pushed out PE holding…
Spotlight on Healthcare – A Special Industry Report (Sixth of a Series)
So far in our healthcare series, we’ve shown a sampling of private equity and advisory perspectives. This week we get views from lenders in the sector. One specialist was instructive. “Healthcare remains local,” she told us. “Florida, for example, is a very different market than the rest of the country. This makes it tough for…
Lead Left Interview – Bram Smith and Lee Shaiman (Part 2)
In February, LSTA EVP Meredith Coffey sat down with the outgoing LSTA Executive Director Bram Smith and the incoming LSTA Executive Director Lee Shaiman to discuss the last 10 years … and what is on deck for the next 10. Second of two parts – View part one. Meredith Coffey: Bram, today the institutional loan market…









