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Traditional LBOs too pricey right now
The big deals announced this year have definitely been of the strategic variety, which is good news to the industry bankers at the bulge bracket investment banks. For the big financial sponsors, however, this is lamentable news. They are not seeing the same opportunities that corporate buyers are.
Glass half full or half empty in PE?
The private equity industry is at a crossroads. There's nothing new about that assertion. TheDeal.com offers an interesting look at where the industry goes from here. Some think the future is golden, in part because the industry is sitting on $470 billion in committed but un-invested capital,
Commercial loans to hit regional banks?
Judging by bank stock indexes, investors feel that good times are just around the corner. But Business Week notes that when it comes to regional banks, there's a whole class of institutions that may be at the whim of the commercial loan market. At banks with a high concentration of commercial
Recovery in leveraged loan market?
IDD reports that the syndicated loan market is still struggling. A big part of that is the on-going drought in leveraged loan issuance, which reflects largely the slowdown in LBO activity. New issuance of loans backing buyouts fell 86 percent in the second quarter to $7.9 billion. That compare
