Private equity has been largely the province of ultra-rich investors, endowments and pension funds. That may be changing.

Private equity titans are dusting off an old gambit to cope with the rising cost of interest on their leveraged buyout loans: Don’t pay cash.. Instead, they’re making payments with more debt ...

The direct lending market has experienced dramatic growth and become a vital and growing part of institutional investors’ ...

A $1 billion loan from a private equity firm for a company rated non-investment grade - or junk - now averages an interest rate of up to 12%, up from around 7.5% average in 2021, one of the ...

Private equity firms are hitting the U.S. leveraged loan market at the fastest pace in years to fund shareholder payouts with about $8.6 billion of dividend recapitalization deals launched this month.

This year through May, issuance of leveraged loans, a type of debt private-equity firms use to fund takeovers and refinance companies, is down 21% from the same period last year, ...

The turmoil facing U.S. regional banks has prompted some lenders to step back, leaving space for investors such as asset managers, private equity (PE) funds and insurers to lend more.

During the Covid-19 slowdown, companies controlled by private-equity firms have borrowed heavily to pay dividends to their owners. The payouts can load their companies’ balance sheets with heavy ...

Increased Competition. Private equity continues to grow at a rapid pace, and the number of private equity firms increased by 58% from 2016 to 2021. This growth is largely due to the abundance of ...

In May, after the Mark Hotel, one of Manhattan’s most luxurious hotels, missed several payments, a California private equity firm moved to foreclose on its $35 million mezzanine loan.

Some $1.2 billion of PPP and Economic Injury Disaster Loan pandemic relief money, earmarked for small businesses, went to companies backed by these large and well-funded private-equity firms ...