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Debt providers: “One-stop shops” gaining ground

Faced with a tough bank lending environment, PE houses are increasingly turning to “one-stop shops” to leverage their deals. Indeed, alternative debt providers are looking forward to...

unquote | 20 Jan 2012 | secure
Debt providers: “One-stop shops” gaining ground
Leverage in 2012: liquidity still a concern

Leverage in 2012: liquidity still a concern

The latter months of 2011 have been characterised by diminishing liquidity and a great deal of volatility in financial markets, and it is these two interplaying factors that will perform...

unquote | 15 Dec 2011 | secure
Debt fears see all-equity investments wane

Debt fears see all-equity investments wane

The economic climate should be a hotbed for all-equity investments, but the data disagrees. Anneken Tappe reports

unquote | 17 Nov 2011
Syndication woes spell trouble for German buyouts

Syndication woes spell trouble for German buyouts

At a time when many GPs have finished divesting their vintage portfolios and are looking for fresh investments, the German leverage market is experiencing difficulties with loan syndication...

DACH unquote | 23 Aug 2011 | secure
PE firms creating bidding wars over contingent forwards

PE firms creating bidding wars over contingent forwards

Deal-contingent trades, which allow PE houses to hedge their FX risk, have seen a strong revival recently, creating stiff competition among banks.

unquote | 22 Aug 2011 | secure
Mezzanine: Waiting for the rain

Mezzanine: Waiting for the rain

Mezzanine players have endured a drought for some time now. The first rain clouds may just have appeared on the horizon, as Emanuel Eftimiu finds out.

unquote | 27 May 2011
PE "at a disadvantage" – Takeover Panel

PE "at a disadvantage" – Takeover Panel

Speaking on behalf of the BVCA, CEO Mark Florman said: “The proposed change to the Takeover Code of a 28-day ‘put up or shut up’ limit creates a new, un-level playing field between cash...

UK unquote | 20 May 2011 | secure
Basel III: Capital requirements and the cost of leverage

Basel III: Capital requirements and the cost of leverage

The Basel III banking regulations took a major step forward over the weekend when central bankers agreed on the latest set of rules to prevent future financial crises. Higher capital...

unquote | 13 Sep 2010 | secure
Debt markets go full circle

Debt markets go full circle

With senior leverage loans on the secondary debt market trading at around par, investors are returning to the primary market. Emanuel Eftimiu reports

unquote | 24 Mar 2010
Taking stock of asset-based lending

Taking stock of asset-based lending

ABFA's latest stats show a decrease in asset-based lending last year. But there are promising signs that the demand for this product could rise in 2010. Deborah Sterescu reports.

unquote | 19 Mar 2010
Q&A: Reaching the mezzanine level

Q&A: Reaching the mezzanine level

Armada Mezzanine recently spun out of Eqvitec. Rikke Eckhoff catches up with managing partner Pertti Nurmio.

Nordic unquote | 10 Feb 2010 | secure

The banks are back ... or are they?

A lack of leverage does not persist. By Deborah Sterescu

UK unquote | 25 Jan 2010 | secure

2010: Leverage renaissance

"Good deals this year shouldn't fall through because of lack of financing as there is enough debt around to service the expected volume of transactions," says Lloyds' Ian Sale, who is...

unquote | 11 Jan 2010 | secure

YELL ing about debt

The painful restructuring of YELL highlights the ills of yesterday's excesses - and shows there is a lot of pain ahead, writes Kimberly Romaine. YELL's current credit conundrum may illustrate......

UK unquote | 16 Nov 2009 | secure

Covenant amendment and maturity extension: the new refinancing?

Corinna Mitchell. a partner of Dechert LLP, outlines the options for companies inching towards default, and suggests the quickest solutions may not be best for the long-term health of...

UK unquote | 21 Sep 2009 | secure
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France unquote" January 2012

Troubled French mid-cap GP AtriA Capital Partenaires has merged with counterpart Naxicap.

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UK & Ireland unquote” 8 January 2012

The EU is proposing changes to the directive on Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision (IORP) that would impose Solvency...

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Benelux unquote” November/December 2011

Secondary buyouts will dominate the market for the foreseeable future, say 47% of respondents to a Grant Thornton survey. It is...

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Deutsche unquote” November/December 2011

Around two fifths of GPs believe that their next fund will be larger than the current one, according to research from Investec.

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Southern Europe unquote” November 2011

Spain was again home to some of Europe’s largest deals in October, with two deals valued at several hundred million euros.

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Nordic unquote" October 2011

After a promising start, buyout activity in Europe might slow down even further in the fourth quarter of 2011 and risks falling...

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Regional barometer 2011

unquote" Regional mid-market barometer

The latest unquote" Regional mid-market barometer, produced in association with LDC, shows both volume and value recovered in 2010...

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European Buyout Review 2011

European Buyout Review is the premier reference resource for private equity investors, advisers and leveraged financiers in Europe.......

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Nordic unquote” Private Equity Index 60-second survey

Halfway through 2011 the Nordic private equity market has remained on its recovery path with improving macro indicators and healthier...

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unquote" Private Equity Barometer - Q4 2010

Preliminary figures released today in the Q4 2010 unquote" Private Equity Barometer (published by unquote" and sponsored by Candover...

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South Africa Report 2011

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UK activity dips in final quarter

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