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Banks ramp up leveraged buyouts as interest rates fall

Private Equity Wire

Investment banks, which faced significant losses on risky merger and acquisition (M&A) loans due to a spike in global interest rates, are now aggressively returning to the leveraged buyout (LBO) market — one of the most profitable sectors in finance, according to a report by Bloomberg. Lending limits have also increased.

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Leverage levels in private credit to increase, says Moody’s

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Leverage levels in private credit will increase as alternative asset managers’ rapid capital deployment in turn increases their share of the private credit market, according to a private credit research report by Moody’s Investor Services.

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Era of private credit outperformance over PE may be ending, says State Street

Private Equity Wire

The report cites Nan Zhang, head of product implementation and alternative investment research at State Street, as noting that “private debt, especially floating-rate debt, typically benefits from rising interest rates,” and expects that private debt’s outperformance might diminish as the Fed continues with rate cuts.

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Apollo makes move into bank-dominated high-grade debt market

Private Equity Wire

Private equity giant Apollo is making a push into the high-grade debt market, an area long controlled by traditional banks, steered by former UBS, Swiss Re, and the World Bank executive Jamshid Ehsani, who joined the firm in 2010, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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JPMorgan, BofA In Talks to Finance $13 Billion DocuSign Buyout

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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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LBOs account for 42% of UK transactions in H1 2024, finds Houlihan Lokey 

Private Equity Wire

Leveraged buyout financings accounted for almost half (42%) of all UK transactions in H1 2024, compared with just 29% in H1 2023, according to the latest MidCapMonitor report by global investment bank Houlihan Lokey. Debt funds played a dominant role, financing 77% of completed deals during this period, while banks contributed 23%.

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Ares Raises $1.7 Billion for Australia Private Credit Fund

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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