The allure of Asia Pacific Investors have set their sights on the region, perhaps noting the tightness of the documentation. Past research by Private Debt Investor has found Asia Pacific only accounting for around 5 percent of global private debt fundraising, with capital committed to the region a drop in the ocean compared with North…
US$480.5m of defaulted loan debt in the retail andsupermarkets sector held in active U.S. CLO collateral There was US$480.5m of defaulted loan debt from 14 different borrowers in the retail and supermarkets sector that was held in active US CLOs as of the end of January. However, only two issuers accounted for three fourths of…
More nuance around first-time funds Download PitchBook’s Report here. Past PitchBook research has found statistical outperformance for first-time PE funds compared to follow-on funds. That note was one among many studies that arrived at the same conclusion: first-time funds tend to do relatively well, for a variety of reasons. PitchBook just released a follow-on note (so…
Fund Manager Views on Where They are in the ESG-Implementation Lifecycle Private Debt fund managers are lagging on ESG implementation compared with other asset classes. From a survey conducted by Preqin to fund managers, only 11% of private debt fund managers are at the mature stage of the ESG implementation lifecycle, compared with 27% of…
Leverage on US LBO deals stays at all-time highs this quarter Total leverage levels for US LBO loans remain high, averaging over 7.5x so far this quarter. 4Q20’s average of 7.2x was the all-time high tracked and that momentum has continued into 2021…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Big bumps in IRR data PE returns bounced back in a big way in mid-2020, according to PitchBook’s upcoming Global Fund Performance Report. After cratering by -8.32% in the first quarter, IRRs were above 9% in both Q2 and Q3. The third quarter mark of 9.81% is preliminary data, but it would be the highest…
Private Debt near-terms IRRs decline In comparison to its peers, private debt lags over short- and mid-term investment horizons. A downturn in Q1 2020 pulled the private debt asset class down to a one-year IRR of -0.8% to the end of June…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
The climate change debate heats up Private debt managers have not been at the forefront of ESG in the past but times are changing. When we canvassed the opinions of limited partners about how seriously private debt fund managers take climate change, the responses were not exactly a ringing endorsement. Just 4 percent told our…
Institutional loan refinancings jump in January to $39bn Refinancing deals dominated the institutional loan market in January, with US$39bn in volume for a 71% share of overall institutional loan activity, up from US$11.6bn in December and the highest monthly volume since pre-Covid February 2020…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
A good year for the Big Five Download PitchBook’s Report here. The Big Five public PE firms—Blackstone, KKR, Apollo, Ares and Carlyle—had a good 2020 across several metrics, according to PitchBook’s latest analyst note. All five firms posted YoY fee-related earnings (FRE) growth, with Blackstone notching the highest gain. In terms of annual financials, four of…