The Pulse of Private Equity – 3/25/2024

Introducing LCD’s dual-track default rate: Sponsors drive distressed exchanges

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In tandem with LCD’s legacy criteria capturing general defaults of missed payments and bankruptcy filings, LCD is now tracking a separate rate that includes distressed transactions stemming from out-of-court restructurings, exchanges, and subpar buybacks, or so-called “distressed exchanges.”