Pension Pulse

JULY 11, 2024

Funds raised money, bought businesses, loaded them with debt, exited at a profit and convinced happy investors to do it all over again — at ever greater scale. Concerns about PIK loans have also begun to impact the people who provide them, often private credit funds. Surging borrowing costs have stalled that engine.

Buyout 59

Buyout Debt Leveraging Collateral 59

Udu

MAY 24, 2023

According to Bain & Company, global funds raised across the full private capital spectrum hit $1.2 Leveraged Buyout (LBO) An LBO transaction is an acquisition funded using a significant amount of debt where assets from both parties are used as collateral. trillion in 2021 – a 14% increase from the prior year.

Due Diligence 40

Due Diligence Best Practices Leveraged Buyouts Collateral 40

Blackstone

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

With slower bank and leveraged loan growth, demand for partners in private credit is high. Private credit provided 65% of loans for the leveraged buyout (LBO) market in 2021 and 86% for the market as of year to date 2023. First, a low fund leverage profile increases fund liquidity and/or capital available for investment.

Leveraging 52

Leveraging Debt Banks Leveraged Buyouts 52

Pension Pulse

APRIL 25, 2024

Paula Sambo of Bloomberg reports Canada pension fund's credit head wants to take advantage of leveraged buyout boom: Canada’s largest pension fund plans to nearly double the size of its credit holdings over the next five years, and it’s counting on an upturn in leveraged buyouts to generate some of that growth.

Leveraged Buyouts 59

Leveraged Buyouts Buyout Pension Funds Mergers and Acquisitions 59

The Big Picture

JANUARY 24, 2023

They have $37 billion in clients and their own funds, of which they have invested across a variety of disciplines from credit to strategic capital, as well as taking companies private and helping them grow into something more substantial than they’ve been in the past. And so it was a whole new idea, I found it very interesting.

Leveraged Buyouts 105

Leveraged Buyouts Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Debt 105

The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

I found this to be just a masterclass in everything you need to know about distressed credit investing, private credit, the role of the economy, the fed interest rates, inflation, bottoms up, credit picking, and how to manage a firm and a fund in light of just massive dislocations in your space, as well as the overall economy.

Private Equity Firms 52

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Debt Banks 52

Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The Fund, which includes the combination of the base CPP and additional CPP accounts, achieved a 10-year annualized net return of 9.6%. For the quarter, the Fund’s net return was 0.1%. For the period, the Fund’s net return was negative 0.7%.

Investing 59

Investing Buyout Stakes Assets 59