Will Net Cash Flows Decline for PE Fund Investors? Since 2010, there has been a markedly recurrent yearly increase in total distributions to investors in private equity funds. This increase, as well as relatively plateaued contributions, has produced a significantly positive net cash flow for global PE funds. Through the first half of 2015, net…
Investors embrace HY ETFs as sentiment turns High yield credit has enjoyed a sustained rally over the past five weeks and investors have taken advantage through ETFs. High yield bond ETFs have seen five consecutive weeks of positive inflows Markit iTraxx Europe Crossover index has seen its spread fall from 486bps to 332bps Oil &…
The equity, bond, and loan markets have all rebounded from their February lows as investor sentiment has improved. Multi-quote institutional loan bids are now at 92.24, up from a low of 90.48. High yield bond prices have posted a relatively bigger bounce, jumping 6 points from their low in February to an average of 90….
PE funds from Recent Vintages Outpacing Those Hit by Financial Crisis The ramifications of the financial crisis are still apparent in the numbers posted by private equity funds. Let’s take DPI multiples as a sample metric for now; for vintages most affected by the crisis—2005, 2006 and 2007, as indicated above—the deleterious effects… Subscribe to
Investors have been flocking to government bond ETFs at a record pace since the start of the year, hoping to shelter from the surge in credit risk and profit as the market discounts the probability of nearing interest rate hikes. This has so far proved profitable as global government bonds have largely outperformed their corporate…
Just shy of three months into 2016, CLO issuance remains stalled, logging less than US$3 billion in new vehicles through the end of February. This represents an 80% drop compared to the same time last year. More notably, only a few days into March, a single CLO has come to market via a US$406.75 million…
How Will Competition Among Fund Managers Affect Future Industry Performance Disparity? Post-recession private equity funds experienced a tightening of IRR spreads across several different vintages, as fund managers of all tiers weathered the economic downturn. 2010 and more recent vintages, however, have seen a widening of the spread…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log
European insurance bonds sink to bottom of the pile European bond yields have fallen to new recent lows as the market takes an increasingly dim view of growth prospects, which has in turn seen insurance bonds come under increased pressure. iBoxx € Insurance the worst performing sub index of the iBoxx € Corporates universe Investment…
Flex activity in the leveraged loan market amped up in February as market volatility continued and lenders tried to push deals through that had been shelved since last year. Thomson Reuters LPC’s Flex Factor, which aggregates price and structural flex activity to gauge investor sentiment, increased to an average score of 3.2… Subscribe to Read
PE’s Other Overhang For several years now, the increase in the inventory of companies backed by private equity in North America and Europe has essentially plateaued. In stark contrast to the steady ramp-up in inventory during the buyout boom era, this trend can be ascribed to a few key drivers, including the healthy exit… Subscribe