Chart of the Week – Follow the Flows
Not surprisingly, investors’ views of where interest rates will go track investing decisions on floating rate instruments. Source: Wells Fargo, Desktop Q3 2015 CLO Outlook.
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Greek Week
A banker friend vacationing in Greece this week reports asking a fifty-something customer in an Athens coffee shop what he did for a living. The man responds he’s been unemployed for the last four years. “The Greeks invented everything,” he said, “and now I’m taking a rest.” Certainly seems like déjà EU all over again:…
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Lead Left Interview – Scott Kupor
This week we chat with Scott Kupor, managing partner and COO, Andreessen Horowitz. Andreessen Horowitz is a $4 billion venture capital firm, founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. The company is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The Lead Left: Scott, thanks for taking the time to speak with us. How did the…
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The Pulse of Private Equity – 6/29/2015
Multiples are having an impact, and that’s a good thing Global private equity activity was down in H1, by several metrics. Compared to H1 2014, deal flow declined 16% by count and 21% by total value, to 2,728 deals worth $404.7 billion. Last year’s numbers were 3,265 deals worth a combined $514.7 billion…. Subscribe to Read
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Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis – 6/29/2015
The institutional pipeline has ballooned in recent weeks on the back of several sizeable M&A deals. Last week, the calendar reached almost $80 billion, which is the highest level since February 2013. The driver of the jump is mostly two jumbo sized M&A deals for Charter… Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
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Loan Stats at a Glance – 6/29/2015
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Markit Recap – 6/22/2015
It has been said that Greece’s influence within the eurozone seems to outweigh its relatively diminutive size. After all, its GDP is less than 2% of the total in the currency bloc (2014, current prices). But it is not just in politics that Greece punches above its weight. The performance of the credit markets… Subscribe to
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The Pulse of Private Equity – 6/22/2015
If it seems like the PE market is getting crowded, it’s been that way for a while. The number of active global PE firms, defined here as having raised a fund in the prior five years or completing a deal in the prior three, has been on an almost-uninterrupted increase since 2000. From 1,453 active firms…
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