It’s that time of the year again when CDS market participants turn their attention to technical, rather than fundamental, factors. The Markit credit indices (iTraxx and CDX) roll every six months, and March 20 will see the first roll this year. This can result in significant dislocations between the… Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in
This week we continue our conversation with Chris Flynn and Sam Tillinghast, co-CEOs and co-CIOs of THL Credit. Headquartered in Boston, with investment teams in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and Houston, THL Credit manages a BDC that invests primarily in middle market mezzanine debt for companies seeking capital for growth and acquisitions. Second of two…
Private equity is buying startups more often Private equity isn’t known as a big buyer of VC-backed startups, but that’s beginning to change. There were 119 buyouts of VC-backed companies in 2014, a substantial increase (35%)… Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
According to Thomson Reuters LPC’s latest survey of buyside and sellside institutions active in the middle market, the impact from Leveraged Lending Guidance on banks’ ability to invest in deals is becoming significant. Less than 10 percent of non-banks and one fifth of banks surveyed in… Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
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Pricing flex is a relatively recent phenomenon in the history of leveraged loans. Prior to 1998 lead arrangers would price loans weeks, sometimes months, before launching transactions into the market. Because many lenders in the syndicate traditionally ended up being relationship banks, underwriters had relatively little risk those banks would flake on a deal if market…
Market volatility from last year’s oil price shock dramatically cut both issuer and investor-friendly flex activity. Source: Thomson Reuters LPC… Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Central bank domination of financial markets entered another level this week with the commencement of full QE in Europe. National central banks, at the behest of the ECB, began their purchases of government bonds on March 9. Yields on sovereign bonds in several countries were already negative before the start of QE, and they descended even further…