Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

are in talks to provide as much as $8 billion in financing for a buyout of DocuSign Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG are also among the lenders considering a role in funding what would be the largest leveraged buyout of the year so far, according to the people, who asked not to be identified discussing the transaction. KKR & Co.

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Private Equity Professional

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Abacus Finance Group , an active cash flow lender to private equity, has promoted Sean McKeever to President from Chief Operating Officer, Greg Scanlon to Senior Associate from Associate, and has hired Jeremy Pak as an Analyst. billion in financings. Scanlon holds an undergraduate degree in finance from Rutgers.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 20, 2025

Read more: [link] Goldman Sachs unveiled its Capital Solutions Group, a new division aimed at strengthening its focus on financing solutions for private equity sponsors. The group combines the firms corporate finance, leveraged finance, and equity capital markets teams into one unit.

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Private Equity Professional

JANUARY 8, 2025

The State of the Game The private credit arms race has taken the industry landscape by storm, with Ken Moelis citing the shift as the greatest change in the history of transactional finance. [1] From 2022 through 2024, private-credit-financed buyouts outnumbered BSL financed deals 6 to 1. trillion by 2030. [2]

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

The financing package includes a unitranche loan of about $3bn intended to refinance PCI Pharmas current debt, the unnamed sources said. PCI Pharmas current financial obligations include a $1.9bn leveraged loan, approximately $700m in preferred equity, and other liabilities. percentage points over SOFR.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 9, 2024

Ares Capital Corporation (9.34% yield) Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: ARCC) provides financing to middle-market companies that have been neglected by big banks over the past several decades. The company operates as a business development corporation ( BDC ) and invests in debt or equity in mid-sized companies that banks overlook.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 18, 2024

A minute is how long it takes to turn an uphill ride into a downhill, off-the-rails plunge into debt. Just ask crypzsof, a Redditor who recounted the tale of how he started with $30,000, peaked at $1 million in his brokerage account , and ended up $50,000 in debt. Leverage is the fastest way to lose it all. Is leverage bad?

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 18, 2023

The report cites data from KBRA DLD as revealing that the financing, which comprises a $4.8bn unitranche, a blend of senior and subordinated debt, and a $500m revolver facility, is the biggest private credit loan ever in the US.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

Net-asset-value (NAV) loans, which layer additional leverage onto private companies already burdened with significant debt, have come under scrutiny, particularly when buyout firms use them to fund distributions rather than growth. Other investors who are sitting on a lot of cash may see this as an expensive way to get cash back.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 19, 2023

They have made it more expensive for the data-center real estate investment trust (REIT) to borrow money, affecting its ability to finance its expansion. That transaction will bring substantial cash proceeds that the company initially plans to use to pay down debt. Those worries pushed its dividend yield up over 4%. billion and $2.5

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Image source: Getty Images As anyone who's ever struggled with money knows, the amount you have access to makes a huge difference in how you approach your finances. Long-term financial planning One key aspect here is the ability to use your funds in a way that is beneficial to your future finances. Learn more here. of their income.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 29, 2024

As an operating business, we are able to use cash flows, as well as proceeds from equity and debt financing, to accumulate bitcoin, which serves as our primary treasury reserve asset. Debt financing. billion in debt through the issuance of both senior secured notes and convertible notes. We've issued $3.2

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 9, 2024

To that end, we are leveraging the learnings from early service engagement to develop new tools to accelerate future modernization efforts. In addition, as previously announced, we are bringing search and vector service to our community and EA offerings, leveraging our run anywhere competitive advantage in the world of AI.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 17, 2024

The strategy includes investing fresh software-business cash flows into more Bitcoin holdings, taking on new debt, and selling stock on the open market to finance further cryptocurrency buys. So if you believe that Bitcoin will rise in value over time, you can see MicroStrategy as a leveraged play on that trend.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 28, 2025

Its "21/21 Plan" calls for the company to raise $42 billion via a mix of debt sales and equity offerings, and use all of it to buy more Bitcoin. Use debt to expand your ability to buy as much of it as possible. It's using significant debt to get as much leverage as possible. So the strategy of Strategy is simple.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Image source: Getty Images Americans have a lot of misunderstandings about debt, especially when considering small business loans. Small business loan debt is a tool Too often, Americans think that being in debt is some kind of moral failing or weakness. But debt is not inherently bad or good -- debt is a tool.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2024

The company specializes in an instrument called venture debt -- or loans made at high interest rates. For this reason, once the start-up reaches a maturity point generating consistent cash flow, it may seek out alternative financing options like debt. Horizon Technology Finance: 9.9% Hercules Capital: 11.5%

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Not only do interest rates hurt Medical Properties' valuation, but high rates also make it difficult for it to get financing. In addition, struggling hospital tenants may also have trouble getting financing for their operations, which may imperil rental payments to Medical Properties.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

In addition, closed-end funds can use leverage to attempt to generate outsized returns and dividends for investors. Data source: Yahoo Finance. A rising rate environment can pressure high-yield corporate debt as better-quality debt is likely to become available as rates rise. PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund $18.03 $16.93

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 13, 2025

It generates income through the spread between the yield of the mortgages it holds in its portfolio and its funding costs (the short-term debt it takes on to buy the MBS). A 3% return is not that exciting, so mortgage REITs typically use leverage, or borrowing, to bolster their returns. So why could AGNC perform well in a recession?

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 19, 2024

reflecting our lower volume and lower average sales price leverage. debt to total capital ratio. We are extremely well positioned to spin Millrose and to be able to continue to repurchase shares and reduce debt as we have driven strong overall operating results to date. million shares for over $2 billion in cash.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The partnership was established with a $1bn commitment to Blue Owl’s credit platform and will initially focus on its technology lending strategy, which provides financing solutions for several technology and software companies, Mubadala said in a statement on Monday. “We

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 19, 2024

A Chapter 7 bankruptcy (or BK, as we call it) would eliminate most or all of their debts and they would get a clean slate. If you find yourself in debt and you would rather not or cannot file BK, do you have options? Negotiations and debt settlement One way out is to negotiate with your creditors. Indeed you do. I can pay $0.10

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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.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 23, 2024

Carnival is tackling its debt problem Carnival and its peers had to do a lot of things to remain in business during the pandemic shutdown. Its long-term debt would go on to more than triple, peaking at nearly $33 billion a year ago. It paid down its debt by $4 billion in fiscal 2023. It reduced its leverage by another $1.8

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 23, 2025

We have robust plans that leverage the demand for flavor and the strength of our brands. Our team remains focused on returning to our long-term growth algorithm, strengthening our profitability, continuing our strong cash flow, paying down our debt, and reducing our leverage ratio. McCormick remains a growth company.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 31, 2024

Since our last earnings call on April 30, I am pleased to announce that we are making solid progress on our path forward of one, simplifying the business; two, operational performance improvement and three, reducing leverage. Our path forward goal is to reduce $2 billion in debt. On to balance sheet matters.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

It's trading for 26 times trailing earnings, and given its debt-bloated balance sheet, that multiple jumps to nearly 60 if you swap out market cap for enterprise value as the numerator. Carnival and its peers had to load up on debt at high rates or sell new shares at low prices to stay afloat. cruise was able to set sail.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 8, 2024

As a millennial, despite making what seems like decent salaries, it feels as if we're constantly battling to keep up with our personal finances and not run afoul of our budgets. trillion in educational debt across the country as of 2022, it feels like we're shouldering a financial burden that just won't go away. Let's dive in.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Following my comments, Dave and Ryan will provide additional comments regarding our investment strategy, investment portfolio, financial results, capital structure and leverage, and our expectations for the fourth quarter, after which we'll be happy to take your questions.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 27, 2025

Additionally, we are leveraging innovation as a strategic differentiating tool to meet available demand and stay ahead of market trends. On the technology front, Newmar is beginning to leverage advanced 3D product development technology to successfully reduce the time to market for innovative products like its Super C Grand Star.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Discovery , AT&T earned more than $40 billion in concessions -- most of which involved the new media entity taking on select debt lots previously held by AT&T. Since March 31, 2022, AT&T's net debt has declined from $169 billion to $128.9 million in net debt, its net-leverage ratio is a modest 0.31.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The benefits for Main Street included significant dividend income, fair value appreciation, and the realized gain, resulting in best-in-class returns on our equity investment, in addition to the attractive interest income provided by our debt investments. This compares favorably to the 4.4

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

While this added protection does lower the yield Annaly receives on the MBSs it purchases, it also enables the company to prudently leverage its investments. This leverage allows Annaly to maximize its profit potential and sustain a double-digit yield. million in debt securities. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: 11.1%

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 23, 2024

Develop profitable skills: Learn how you can leverage artificial intelligence and technology to increase your earning potential. Pay down debt: Do what it takes to pay off high-interest debt as soon as possible so you can funnel more money into your retirement savings.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

For capital-intensive businesses that tend to carry a high amount of debt on their balance sheets, lower interest rates can reduce the cost of capital and make debt financing less expensive. Nearly nine years later, Kinder Morgan has turned its business around by managing spending and paying down debt.

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