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UK debt market shows signs of softening in Q3 as credit funds continue to lead activity

Private Equity Wire

UK sponsor-backed financing activity experienced a modest slowdown in Q3 2024, as ongoing M&A sluggishness and seasonal dynamics impacted deal flow, according to the latest data from global investment bank, Houlihan Lokey.

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Transcript: Armen Panossian

The Big Picture

The investment banks were stuck with syndications that they had committed to, to place in the markets with price caps on the, on the coupons. Another floating ra, another interest rate sensitive asset class or LBOs, highly levered leveraged buyouts supported by floating rate liabilities. That’s an example.

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Transcript: Sunaina Sinha, Global Head of Private Capital with Raymond James

The Big Picture

But also it helped private equity do deals, right? Leverage buyouts requires leverage. And when rates were so low, the leverage went, it was cheap and, and and easily accessible. So deal value values came down. And they used it for that decade of boom that we had until rates started going up.

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