This first appeared in Middle Market Growth, the official publication of ACG. Randy Schwimmer’s column, MidPoints, is a regular feature there. You can read MMG by clicking on this link. Who invented the airplane? Depends what you mean by “invent.” “Birdmen,” a new book by historian Lawrence Goldstone, describes how the Wright Brothers became so obsessed…
Libor Day Pent-up demand post-Labor Day drove high-yield volume to its best week since early June. Year-to-date issuance is $208.8 billion – squeaking by last year’s $206.1 billion. … Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Argentina’s interminable struggle with bondholders continues, but at least one element of the saga has reached a resolution. The credit event auction was held on September 3, and the final price was determined as 39.5. As we can see from the chart,this was in line with market expectations. Markit’s composite recovery rate was around 40%…
Going back several quarters, larger PE funds have performed better than smaller funds, generally speaking. Funds of at least $1 billion outpaced smaller size buckets across the 1-, 3-, 5- and 10-year IRR horizons through 4Q 2013,… Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
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The average yield assuming a three year term to repayment, on first-lien institutional tranches is at 5.56 percent so far in 3Q14, up from 5.17 percent in 2Q14. Moreover, 30 percent of first-lien term loans have priced at a yield of 6 percent or above,… Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
With some anxiety, we watched our five-year-old daughter walk up to the school bus yesterday morning, on her way to the first day of kindergarten. As she climbed aboard, we overheard one of her classmates ask, “Is that your grandfather?” As a pesky questioner ourselves, we admired the young boy’s pluck. Although it injected a…
Uncle Bucks Whatever the investing climate is for the balance of the year, 2014 will see the best fundraising for PE sponsors since 2008. Source: Thomson Reuters Buyouts… Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...