NEW YORK, June 12, 2017 – Higher prices paid to buy the original portfolio company are making it tough for private equity managers to achieve the returns they need to earn their share of profits when they exit the investment, said Randy Schwimmer, a New York-based senior managing director and head of origination and capital markets at private equity firm Churchill Asset Management LLC.
NEW YORK, May 9, 2017 – Investors’ loans appetite and lack of supply allows companies to drive harder bargains.
CHICAGO, May 2, 2017 – Randy Schwimmer, Head of Origination and Capital Markets, Churchill Asset Management, discusses the state of the middle market loan environment, including changes in loan distribution dynamics and deal structure trends.
GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA, March 23, 2017 – Long-term investors will need a tight hold on costs and conviction to follow a well-defined investment strategy that delivers returns from challenging markets in the years ahead.
NEW YORK, January 24, 2017 – 2017 could be a pivotal year if pro-business policy changes under the Trump administration are enacted, with themes of fiscal stimulus, lower taxes, and less regulation representing potential tailwinds for the middle market. Lender sentiment is positive on the heels of a robust year in middle market loan fund raising, with economic growth, strong public equity valuations, and a healthy debt market expected to provide a backdrop for a more opportunistic M&A environment. In Brown Gibbons Lang & Company’s (BGL) annual roundtable survey, middle market lenders share insight on developing trends in the financing markets and their outlook for 2017.
NEW YORK, September, 2016 – As the private mid-market debt asset class grows, choosing the right lending partnerships and financing diversification are uppermost in the minds of some of the market’s leading operators. Andrew Hedlund sat down with seven US private debt experts to find out more.
NEW YORK, August 4, 2016 – At a loan conference some years ago we referred to middle market loans as the Rodney Dangerfield of capital markets. These small, illiquid instruments were the poor step-child to high-yield bonds and large leveraged loans. But at Creditflux’s inaugural New York conference on private credit last month, it was clear the situation has changed.
NEW YORK, June 2, 2016 – Where are we in the cycle?” That question gets asked at every conference we attend. It’s also clearly on the mind now of every investor, arranger and issuer of debt. The reason is clear: if we are in the seventh innings of the cycle (which seems the consensus), a downturn might be around the corner.
LONDON, May 1, 2016 – Over the years the US has been by far the dominant supplier of leveraged loans globally. But given similar regulatory pressure being exerted on overseas banks as here, Europe is gaining media attention as a source of debt opportunities for both managers and investors.