leveraged buy - outs

In Asia at least, private-equity bets resemble early-stage growth investment rather than the leveraged buy-outs of the boom.

Leveraged buy-outs usually take place in stable industries.

Nor, with the exception of commercial property and leveraged buy-outs, did the rich world's firms go on a debt binge.

Brazilian managers reel off the names of highly leveraged buy-outs that have tanked in the West.

Even private equity firms and their reckless, highly leveraged buy-outs will not be spared.

Traditionally, leveraged buy-outs supported mature, cash-generative companies using debt.

But the investment banks, led by Goldman Sachs, have dramatically scaled up their commitments to leveraged buy-outs this year.

KKR has remained a prominent player in the industry, investing in some of the biggest leveraged buy-outs on record.

The third involves leveraged buy-outs, closely linking the interests of managers and shareholders and taking advantage of easy credit.

Investors are shying away from some loans being offered to finance leveraged buy-outs.

The boom of recent years in mergers, acquisitions and leveraged buy-outs has been driving this growth in high-yield debt markets.

But the party ended as banks virtually stopped lending to leveraged buy-outs.

The rash of leveraged buy-outs may account for as much as half of the rise in American corporate net debt since 2002.

Regulators are averse to allowing western-style leveraged buy-outs.

Special Situations: Invests in event-driven situations such as mergers, hostile takeovers, reorganizations, or leveraged buy outs.

In the heady days of the 1980s, leveraged buy-outs relied on junk bonds.

True, the copious debt that made many leveraged buy-outs so lucrative is gone for now and many equity holdings will go to zero.