Private Equity Professional

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The firm invests equity in a range of transaction types involving a change of ownership, such as management buyouts, leveraged buyouts, corporate divestitures, recapitalizations, and management buy-ins. TPG Twin Brook was the administrative agent on the debt financing to support IGP’s buy of AMG.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

percentage points above the Secured Overnight Financing Rate and at a discounted price of 98 cents on the dollar. percentage points above the Secured Overnight Financing Rate and at a discounted price of 98 cents on the dollar.

Leveraged Buyouts 130

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

Blackstone, the world’s largest private equity firm, has turned to direct lenders to help finance its $2.3bn acquisition of Rover Group, the world’s largest online marketplace for pet care, with the firm seeking about $250m of private debt, according to a report by Bloomberg. Some lenders have pushed for a higher price, however.

Buyout 75

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

billion) for a credit fund for Australia and New Zealand, as it seeks to capitalize on opportunities created by banks retreating from leveraged lending. The Ares Asia Direct Lending fund, the company’s first leveraged buyout vehicle for the region, has deployed over A$1.04 Ares Management Corp. has raised A$2.6 billion ($1.7

Leveraged Buyouts 130

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Insight Partners, Blackstone, and Clearlake Capital, the joint owners of Diligent Corporation, are considering strategic options for the corporate governance software provider, including a potential sale that could value the business at around $7bn, including debt, according to a report by Reuters.

Private Equity Firms 69

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Private Equity Wire

MAY 22, 2024

Private credit lenders and banks are vying to offer debt financing for a potential acquisition of US education software provider PowerSchool Holdings, according to a report by Bloomberg citing people with knowledge of the matter. The financing could include a $2.4bn funded term loan, a $500m delayed-draw term loan and a $300m revolver.

Buyout 98

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Global private investments firm Apollo Global Management has set its sights on doubling its assets under management to $1.5tn by 2029, positioning itself as a major player in global debt underwriting, according to a report by the Financial Times. In every market, banks are being asked to do less, and investors are being asked to do more.

Assets 81

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 27, 2024

Rose specialises in mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions, private equity and general corporate matters, according to a press statement. He has previously worked at Wick Phillips, Kane Russell Coleman Logan, Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz and XTO Energy Inc, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Mergers and Acquisitions 75

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Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Clearlake Capital and Insight Partners are close to agreeing a $2bn debt package with a group of private credit lenders including Apollo Global Management and Blackstone to help finance their leveraged buyout of software developer Alteryx, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Leveraged Buyouts 98

Leveraged Buyouts Buyout Leveraging Financing 98

Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 9, 2023

Bain Capital Credit’s Private Credit Group invested in 30 businesses across 15 industries in H1 2023, supporting the refinancing, leveraged buyout, and add-on acquisition activity of both new and existing portfolio companies. Like this article?

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Private Equity Wire

APRIL 29, 2024

Global law firm Goodwin has appointed Ian Keefe and George Weavil as Partners within the firm’s private equity practice in its London office, which covers M&A, private investment funds and debt finance.

Leveraged Buyouts 98

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 17, 2024

The company typically supports start-ups that have raised funding from venture capital or private equity firms and are looking to augment the balance sheet with some debt. Horizon Technology Finance: Dividend yield 11.4% By contrast, Ares has the ability to complete much more sophisticated deals, including leveraged buyouts.

Leveraged Buyouts 130

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

The report, titled ‘Escalating private credit competition will increase risk and scrutiny’, predicts that leverage “will increase in a number of ways that may not be immediately visible or obvious, be-cause many of these instruments are already commonly used for a range of financing needs”.

Leveraging 98

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

His practice focuses on advising private equity firms and other financial institutions on transactions including leveraged buyouts, venture and growth capital investments, joint-ventures and co-investments, opportunistic and distressed acquisitions, take-privates and carve-outs, across the investment lifespan through to exit.

Leveraged Buyouts 75

Leveraged Buyouts Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Financial Institutions 75

Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Chris Holt (Boston) represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in a wide range of financing transactions, including syndicated, and private credit facilities, ABL facilities, and mezzanine financings. Gwen’s practice ranges from in-court restructurings to bespoke, out-of-court liability management solutions.

Mergers and Acquisitions 75

Mergers and Acquisitions Leveraged Buyouts Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms 75

Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 18, 2023

Troutman Pepper adds to PE group Submitted 18/08/2023 - 11:49am Private equity debt financing partners Jonathan Homer and Bruce Stainers have joined Troutman Pepper's Corporate Practice Group in New York and San Francisco, respectively. Homer joins from Gibson Dunn and Steinert from Perkins Coie.

Leveraged Buyouts 52

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It specializes in an investment vehicle called venture debt. Founders seeking capital may eventually look for a loan since debt doesn't come attached to any ownership share of the company. However, the catch is that this debt typically carries a much higher interest rate than a loan from a bank. Hercules Capital: 10.3%

Leveraged Buyouts 130

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Steel debt. With companies that rely on considerable leverage in their operations, the rise in interest rates is still working its way through income statements. It could take some time for earnings to fall to reflect higher debt financing costs. Shareholders will receive $55 per share for their U.S.

Mergers and Acquisitions 130

Mergers and Acquisitions Leveraged Buyouts Buyout Bidding 130

Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 25, 2023

Private credit firms discussing $3.4bn Hyland loan package Submitted 25/08/2023 - 11:11am A group of private-credit lenders led by Golub Capital, Ares Management Corp, Blue Owl Capital, and Oak Hill Advisors, are in talks to extend a $3.25bn loan to Hyland Software Inc, so the company can refinance existing debt, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Leveraged Buyouts 52

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 17, 2023

But Ares executives insist their firm remains steadfast in its goal of offering institutional investors more than just private debt. William Benjamin, head of Ares’ real estate group, describes the parent company’s prowess in private debt as an invaluable fundraising tool. Thus far, Ares has diversified farthest into real estate.

Pension Funds 130

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 6, 2024

Hercules is different from a typical bank as it tends to offer more flexible financing options. The company specializes in more complex transactions such as leveraged buyouts , for example. The company also specializes in venture debt for start-ups in the technology, life sciences, and sustainable energy industries.

Leveraged Buyouts 246

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Private Equity Professional

AUGUST 12, 2024

Leveraged buyout volumes remained down from historical highs in Q2 2024, as did EBITDA purchase price multiples, which decreased from 11.5x The spread tightening and overall positive performance trends from strong credits caused the average senior credit mark in the Lincoln Senior Debt Index (LSDI) to increase from 98.4%

Buyout 100

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Before establishing Drakai Capital, Sam dedicated 15 years (2004-2019) at Société Générale’s proprietary trading desks, initially as a credit derivatives trader, then advancing as a quantitative portfolio manager spearheading capital structure arbitrage and cross-asset absolute return strategies across European and U.S. markets.

Hedge Funds 98

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 27, 2023

Credit crusaders fill the wall street void Submitted 27/06/2023 - 1:54pm This article first appeared in the March 2023 T ech Buyouts Insights Report Private credit funds could become a more permanent fixture in tech’s leveraged buyout market thanks to their speed of execution and reliability, especially in challenging macroeconomic conditions.

Buyout 52

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Udu

MAY 31, 2023

Fewer Large Leveraged Buyouts Tighter monetary policy and a more uncertain macroeconomic outlook make large lenders more hesitant to finance large leveraged buyouts. This could lead to a decrease in this type of buyout, as buyers may not be able to finance their acquisitions with debt.

Leveraged Buyouts 52

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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. or not at all, substantially lower than average leverage found in regional banks, currently levered at 9.7x.

Leveraging 52

Leveraging Banks Debt Leveraged Buyouts 52

The Big Picture

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Were you always thinking about going into finance? What, what was it that made you say, Hey, this finance thing looks like it’s fun and interesting? But there wasn’t an active m and a business, there wasn’t a leveraged finance business. And, and we wanted to have relatively modest leverage.

Private Equity Firms 69

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Victor has had a fascinating career, stood up the distressed debt department at Citibank before doing the same thing at Merrill Lynch a few years later. They do everything from hard assets like real estate, infrastructure, aircraft, power plants, to private debt, event driven opportunities. 15 businesses with over 90,000 employees.

Debt 57

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 23, 2024

The report cites unnamed sources familiar with the matter as revealing that the new fund will provide senior secured loans to finance European leveraged buyouts. The firm was founded in 2016 by former Canada Pension Plan Investment Board executive David Allen.

Leveraged Buyouts 97

Leveraged Buyouts Buyout Leveraging Stakes 97

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 grew a business where they issued junk debt. And what was interesting was the first leveraged buyout of a public company happened when I was in graduate school. KLINSKY: In 1979, it was the first leveraged buyout of a public company. There was no junk debt available in the market.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 21, 2023

Prior to founding New Mountain Capital in 1999, Klinsky was co-founder of the leveraged buyout group at Goldman Sachs, where he helped execute over $3 billion of pioneering transactions for Goldman and its clients. He also explains how Forstmann Little was the white shoe alternative to the firms doing junk bond financing.

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Leveraged Buyouts Capital Buyout Leveraging 62

The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

So, when I was in graduate school, I thought about all the different types of investing or advisory work I could do, and I, you know, really triangulated on distressed debt being the most interesting part of the, of the markets where I could participate in PWA Capital. Ritholtz ] 00:03:30 Yeah, Sandberg is a fascinating guy.

Private Equity Firms 52

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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. It gets back to the ability to grow the operating performance of the companies and making sure that returns” come from that rather than from “financial leverage,” he tells Bloomberg.

Buyout 59

Buyout Debt Leveraging Pension Funds 59

Axial

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

.” Industries: Manufacturing, Industrials, Business Services, Distribution, Healthcare, Materials Visit Shoreview’s Profile “Source Capital, LLC is a private equity firm founded in 2002 which makes both control equity investments and mezzanine debt investments in mature, lower middle-market U.S.

Private Equity Firms 59

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Pension Pulse

JUNE 22, 2023

also served as debt financing advisor. billion, including debt , according to people familiar with the matter. The terms of Compass' debt allow for it to be taken over by a new owner without it being refinanced, one of the sources said. Advisors Goldman Sachs & Co. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Legal 52

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 30, 2023

the world’s largest owner of intermodal shipping containers, for $13 billion including debt. Brookfield’s ascendance comes as some private equity firms struggle to complete buyouts amid shaky financing markets and rich price demands from sellers. Brookfield’s infrastructure arm agreed in April to buy Triton International Ltd.,

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