Leveraged Buyouts

                   

Look Out Below!

barrons.com     4 hrs ago          

More disasters could hit debt-laden companies owned by private-equity shops Apollo, Blackstone and KKR. (Video) THE FORMERLY BOOMING PRIVATE-EQUITY industry is in crisis as deal volume dries up and profits collapse at...                    

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Venture Firms Creep Into Buyout Territory, But Can They Survive the Credit Crunch?

pehub.com     20-Aug-2008   1 related          

There’s no shortage of LBO shops that lost their shirts (and even shingles) after failed ventures into the VC world in the late 90s. This, I’m convinced, was the birth of the phrase “stick to our knitting.” But what about the...                    

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At Univision, High Leverage Creates Drama

nytimes.com     20-Aug-2008          

Will the ghosts of deals done at the height of the leveraged buyout boom come back to haunt their private equity owners? As concerns grow that some companies will have a hard time servicing or refinancing the debt they took on...                    

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Arcapita buys European logistics firm

keralanext.com     19-Aug-2008   8 related          

MANAMA: Arcapita Bank and its affiliates have signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Compagnie EuropŽenne de Prestations Logistiques (CEPL), a European warehouse logistics service provider. Terms of the transaction...                    

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For PE, Fewer Deals but More Junk-buying

cfo.com     18-Aug-2008          

It's no secret that private equity firms have scaled back their dealmaking amid the turmoil of the global markets and economies. But PE has been fast-emerging as a major buyer of leveraged loans and high yield debt from...                    

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The Private Equity Advantage: Leveraged Buyout Firms and Relationship Banking

kauffman.org     16-Aug-2008          

Abstract: This paper examines the impact of leveraged buyout firms' bank relationships on the terms of their syndicated loans. Using a DealScan sample of 1,590 loans financing private equity sponsored leveraged buyouts between...                    

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PE Firms Get More Active in Leveraged Loan Market (at The Wall Street Journal Online)

yahoo.com     14-Aug-2008   7 related          

With their bread-and-butter–leveraged buyouts–now scarce, private-equity firms forced to forage elsewhere for returns increasingly are ending up in the leveraged loan market. While LBO transaction volume fell by two-thirds in...                    

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Mortgage Giants Find a Bright Spot in Rental Financing

nytimes.com     13-Aug-2008          

One of the last huge transactions involving a leveraged buyout of a public real estate company was last year’s $22.2 billion acquisition by Tishman Speyer and Lehman Brothers of Archstone-Smith, an apartment landlord with a...                    

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EXCLUSIVE: Apollo Global Targets Real Estate (at TheStreet.com)

yahoo.com     13-Aug-2008   3 related          

What's missing from private equity giant Apollo Global Management's IPO prospectus? Chairman Leon Black, a veteran leveraged buyout master, is quietly launching a real estate fund that he hopes will compete with those raised by...                    

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Printing press maker manroland profitable in Q2

reuters.com     12-Aug-2008          

FRANKFURT, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Manroland, the world's second-largest printing press maker, remained profitable in the second quarter even after non-cash accounting losses resulting from the company's leveraged buyout, it said on...                    

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