Leveraged loan market expected to pick up amidst more volatile market backdrop Completed US leveraged loan volume totals US$105bn so far this quarter as lenders look for a pick-up in activity after the Labor Day holiday. 3Q19 leveraged issuance comprises US$59.8bn in new money volume with another US$45.3bn in refinancing volume. Refi activity has been…
Top US CLO retail holdings Top retail loan holdings in active US CLOs at the end of July include Albertson’s TLB, Bass Pro Shops TL and EG Group TL, with US$2.1bn, US$1.9bn and US$1.7bn of total issuer loan volume respectively. While loan debt of several defaulted retail issuers is still held in active CLOs, their…
Tea leaves for multiples News this week about the yield inversion will probably have an effect on investor psyche. Inversions have historically predated recessions by as many as 24 months—that particular lag (2005-07) also included a significant rise in the S&P. In four of the last five years, the lag between inversion and the start…
Private Debt Industry Puts Capital to Work The private debt industry has seen the growth in its AUM accelerate in recent years, and by December 2018 (our latest data available) funds held a total of $768bn in assets under management (AUM). The market is now more than three times bigger than it was ten years…
A PE fundraising lag is no cause for alarm Private equity had abnormally strong 2017 fundraising numbers, potentially depressing fundraising in the first half of the year. If capital raising for private equity is indicative of potential transactions for private credit managers, they could have hoped for a better number in the first half of…
Aided by an increase in junior debt, total leverage on large corporate US LBO loans increases to 7x this quarter LBO activity in the US syndicated loan market remains robust this quarter. 3Q19 completed and in process LBO volume totals over US$23bn as new money deals continue to be a driver of leveraged lending. Meanwhile,…
Investors in Private Debt More Cautious in Q2 2019 Analysing the fund searches that private debt investors make, we can gain some idea of what demand for various fund types and regions will look like in the coming months. Comparing what investors were looking for in Q2 2019 to a year ago, the scenario has…
Massive mezzanine lenders: the few, the proud While this year’s sluggish junior debt fundraising numbers partially reflect the hollowing out of mid-market mezzanine investments, they also illustrate big firms getting bigger. Mezzanine debt fundraising is off to a slow start this year, according to PDI data, once again showing the strategy’s reliance on mega-funds to…
PE firms boosting retail’s omnichannel strategies PE’s track record in retail has come under some hefty scrutiny of late. And buyout shops are taking the hint. At just over 40 deals closed through H1, PE firms are set to complete the fewest retail transactions since at least 2013. Although the headlines are hard to ignore,…
PE accounts for almost 40% of M&A Coming soon Download PitchBook’s Report here. PE-led acquisitions accounted for almost 40% of M&A volume in H1. That’s a remarkably high share for the asset class, which has historically led less than 30% of all acquisitions. The percentage has been creeping up over the past few years, according to…