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From 2012 at least through 2021 we all were Placing Floating Rate Portfolio Debt on Deals (200 Basis Points over Bank/Agency). The Equity was happy to participate. Why not? It seemed like the Gravy Train of practically zero interest was not going to end for the foreseeable future and the Metrics were safe and sound. Unfortunately the Cheese Cake has Floated up and up and the Toppings are taking a Tumble. Time to Recapitalize if possible. New Deals need to have Bank or Agency Debt Fixed for the Hold Period with the required Metrics to have hope of getting Institutional Equity. HJ Places Institutional Programmatic Debt and LP, CO-GP Equity Capital. Michael@hj2day.com

Another sign of the current state of credit and borrowing in the face of higher interest rates: PIK (payment-in-kind) loans; take out debt to service debt. While it is another tool in the arsenal of financing and servicing loans, it poses risks due to the (even) higher interest rates attached to them--hence the wry description of PIKs as "pretend and extend" loans. Those who opt for PIK loans are betting (hoping) that interest rates will drop sooner rather than later. With a very large number of maturities expected in 2025 and 2026, and interest rates unlikely to return anywhere zero in the foreseeable future, the finance space--particularly in private credit and preferred equity, where there is more flexibility in what can be done and for whom--will continue to be an area of opportunity for lenders. If you're a finance attorney who is interested in discussing these matters and possibly getting more involved in them, feel free to get in touch: victoria.shin@halcyonsearchgroup.com. https://lnkd.in/eh8e7Cdx

Companies that need to refinance hundreds of billions of dollars of floating-rate loans stemming from the cheap-money era are increasingly tapping private credit funds for high-cost debt that lets them delay interest payments. The new obligations, including mezzanine or junior debt and even preferred equity, are riskier for the investors providing financing, because in addition to payments potentially being deferred, if the company goes bankrupt, these obligations can be close to end of the line to be repaid. The riskiness limits the set of lenders willing to provide the funding now. Story by Ellen Rose Schneider, Erin Hudson and John Sage #privatecredit #privateequity #debt #capitalmarkets

"“Payment in kind” lets borrowers make some or all of their loan interest payments by increasing the principal amount rather than using cash. In a synthetic PIK, lenders provide a company two separate pieces of debt: the main loan the company planned to borrow in the first place, plus a smaller delayed-draw term loan that sits at the same level in the capital structure and has similar terms. When interest on the first loan needs to be paid, the company taps the delayed-draw term loan. This allows the company to pay the interest in cash, but it’s technically doing so through adding more debt to its balance sheet. " https://lnkd.in/e-WA8DAn

https://lnkd.in/enzhY5mS DEALS OF LEVERAGE BUYOUT UNDER MOUNTING PRESSURE. As indicated in the article’s headline, struggling corporate borrowers turn to the private credit market to defer interest and get flexibility amid the stress caused by more costly financing and a slowing economy. During the last week, the pressure has mounted, and higher rates have spread to all credit markets, led by a sell-off in global bond markets and pushing borrowing costs to their higher levels in the last decade or so. As a result, those with large exposure to bonds, such as banks, insurers, pension funds, and asset managers, have raised their unrealized losses, increasing the risk of losses if they have to settle their bond holdings before maturity. That happened with the fall of Silicon Valley Bank in the United States and the collapse of the Pension Funds in the United Kingdom around one year ago. Higher interest rates are especially detrimental for the Private Equities and their leveraged buyout portfolio companies, as the leverage part becomes more expensive. Due to the rising cost of debt, leveraged buyout deals have already declined during the year, and the interest coverage ratio of the Private Equities and their portfolio companies, which measure the ability of companies to pay their debts with their operating profits, has substantially dropped. The prospect of interest rates remaining higher for a longer period, combined with the consequences of a slowing economy, are factors to be considered influential in the future activity of dealmaking leverage buyout transactions, as rising borrowing costs force Private Equity to finance new deals with their own funds, lowering their IRR, squeezing their dry powder, and losing appeal for future incoming fundraising. #leveragebuyout #interestrates #privateequities #portfoliocompanies

💼 Let's talk bonds vs. loans! 📈 While both involve borrowing money, there are crucial differences you need to know. 💰 Get a deeper understanding of these financial instruments in our latest article: https://buff.ly/2Xe1I3s Bonds, issued by companies to raise funds, are tradable assets, allowing holders to sell them in the market. 🔄 Loans, on the other hand, involve a direct agreement between two parties and typically aren't tradable. 💡 #Bonds #Loans #Finance101 #InvestingBasics

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Calling the death of public markets was premature. This time last year, much was (rightly) written about the depth and ability of direct lenders to bridge a financing gap into dislocated markets. Column inches announcing the death of public markets and highlighting the wall of private capital available and ready to deploy. Fast forward to today and we see that both Leveraged Loan and High Yield markets have been firmly in the spotlight with a large volume of issuance across a diversified breadth of issuers (see charts below) that is giving us opportunities to selectively deploy capital. Perhaps more than anything else, the past year has proven the importance of each constituent in the evermore overlapping Venn diagram of loans, high yield and direct lending. And they say a year is a long time in politics. #Schroders #LeveragedFinance #HighYield #Loans

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