Financing

Don't bank on it

Banks holding equity, pension funds lending money, forward start facilities - this is today's leverage market

UK unquote | 09 Mar 2009 | secure

Structural revolution

The deteriorating economic climate is putting increasing pressure on private equity portfolio companies and is likely to lead to the need for complex restructuring operations, as well as......

UK unquote | 26 Feb 2009 | secure

Some sunny day...

Following a near barren second half of 2008, which saw an almost complete drying up of debt financing amidst a collapse in the global banking sector, buyout houses will now be looking optimistically......

UK unquote | 26 Jan 2009 | secure

Banking on bedfellows and bolt-ons - A leveraged lender's view on the year ahead

The maximum transaction size that the leveraged market can support is now significantly smaller than in recent years given the reduced number of banks and funds which are active in the market.......

UK unquote | 01 Jan 2009 | secure

Debt and the importance of being in the know

As the outlook for debt financing becomes bleaker, two Nordic buyout houses lead the way and gain in-house debt expertise, reports Rikke Lilla-Eckhoff

Nordic unquote | 01 Jan 2009 | secure

The last resort?

With the ongoing turmoil in the banking sector continuing to limit the availability of debt financing, buyout houses seem to be increasingly turning to asset based lenders to fill the liquidity......

UK unquote | 22 Oct 2008 | secure

Buy now, while stocks last

Jonathan Broome, director of Close Brothers Corporate Finance Debt Advisory Group, looks at the buying opportunities in the secondary market

UK unquote | 11 Sep 2008 | secure

Public debt

Standard & Poor’s plans to publicly rate leveraged loan tranches in excess of €1bn may help get the syndication market moving, but at what cost? Nathan Williams reports

UK unquote | 11 Sep 2008 | secure

Not mezz-ing around

Now that the door has firmly shut on cheap debt and new types of junior products, mezzanine has a way into capital structures again. But it still faces competition and challenges in today's......

Nordic unquote | 01 Jun 2008 | secure

A flexible approach - Tailoring deal structures is crucial in todays market

Trying times require trying new methods of financing. Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance (Investec GAF) has just pumped GBP 6m into UK tour operator James Villa Holidays in a buyout that......

UK unquote | 07 Apr 2008 | secure
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