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Approaching Secondaries Financing from All Angles: Key Considerations for Debt in LP-Led and GP-Led Secondary Transactions

JD Supra: Mergers

Debt finance plays a key role in all parts of the capital structure for private investment funds and their investors.

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Why PE Investors Care About Interest Rates

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For the average person, rising interest rates are not ideal for those with significant amounts of debt, those looking to purchase a home with a mortgage, or many other use cases. Therefore, ideal private equity target companies have steady cash flows and minimize variable or unexpected costs. This can reduce returns significantly.

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The Maintenance Ratio in Software Development: How Private Equity Investors Can Drive More Growth.

Beyond M&A

As private equity investors, you understand the importance of allocating funds to innovation and growth. That is the time spent on fixing issues, addressing tech debt and keeping the lights on. Maintenance tasks include bug fixes, addressing technical debt, and other tasks required to keep the software running smoothly.

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Private Equity Fundamentals: A Comprehensive Course for Beginners

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Private equity is an investment asset class that has gained significant prominence and popularity in recent decades. It has become a preferred choice for investors seeking attractive returns and diversification from traditional investment options such as stocks and bonds.

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How the Growth of Private Credit is Impacting Private Equity

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In recent years, private credit has emerged as an important financing source for corporations of all kinds, especially for private equity-owned businesses with high financial leverage. Under this structure, banks typically provide committed financing to buyers (in this case, often private equity firms).

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10-20-2023 Newsletter: Why PE Investors Care About Inflation

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For private equity investors who have been monitoring the situation around inflation for the last few months to a year, many have been disappointed to see the slow trajectory with which inflation has been coming down from highs. Explore the role of private equity now. Currently, inflation in the U.S.

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Why PE Investors Care About Inflation

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For private equity investors who have been monitoring the situation around inflation for the last few months to a year, many have been disappointed to see the slow trajectory with which inflation has been coming down from highs. Instead, inflation of 5% would mean that the private equity firm’s real return would be reduced to 15%.

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