Andy Thomson
Debt funds made a huge impact in the country last year and their advance is unlikely to be reversed.
It was an eventful year in fund finance characterised by innovation and controversy. Andy Thomson reports
James Newsome of Arbour Partners explores the significance of high leverage and covenant erosion in a three-minute video.
In a two-minute video, forensics specialist Toby Duthie highlights the cultural differences which mean Europe’s new personal data regulation may get overlooked in the US.
The $157m 2009-vintage vehicle targeted mid-sized companies in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Turkey.
Having slowed down a little in 2016, unitranche financings for European mid-cap firms shot up by 75% last year as Germany set new records.
The fourth vehicle in the firm’s CLO 2.0 series was priced by Credit Suisse and is its tenth CLO in total.
Research shows that, by the end of last year, 69% of leveraged loans in the region were covenant-lite as borrowers strengthened their grip.
The ‘b’ word has been used in relation to private equity. Should its close relative private debt be worried?