The rust is coming off the gears of private equity's LBO machine. Leveraged buyouts accounted for 40% of US PE deals in 2008, but PE's bread-and-butter transaction type has given way to ...

By 1988, the time of the LBO, the company was lead by CEO F. Ross Johnson. Originally from Canada, Johnson was known for a risky, bold decision making process inside the board room and a lavish ...

For a glimpse of what the future may hold for large leveraged buyouts, take a look at Freescale Semiconductor Holdings. The chip maker went private in a $17.6 billion deal at the height of the LBO ...

But here's a story from our Dow Jones Newsletters colleagues over at the LBO Wire looking at life after the deal. Specifically, it's the story of Dunkin Donuts, ...

More evidence that the U.S. leveraged loan market continues to run hot: Private equity shops of late are completing high-profile LBO credits at leverage levels not seen since 2008. Specifically ...

An LBO involves purchasing a company primarily with borrowed money, with the debt typically secured against the acquired company's assets. This approach allows investors to use less of their ...

Today a $10bn LBO would likely still have to come to the public loan and bond markets. Before long, all but the very largest LBOs might tap the private credit market.

Advantages & Disadvantages to the Shareholder From an LBO. Leveraged buyouts, or LBOs, are a type of corporate takeover in which a nonoperating private equity company acquires a public company ...

A leveraged buyout, or LBO, occurs when an entity uses borrowed money for the acquisition of another company. Learn why this is done and its risks.

High yield bond and leveraged loan issuance for LBOs in North America and Western and Southern Europe dropped from US$26.4 billion in Q2 2020 to US$17.7 billion in Q3 2020. Issuance for the first ...

LBO Financing. The proposed purchase price of $13.65 translates into a total equity purchase price of $24.4 billion, excluding fees paid to the LBO's financial advisors, lawyers and underwriters.