Financing Leveraged Buyouts in Asia: Opportunities and obstacles
In just a few years the leveraged buyout market transformed itself from a relative backwater to one of the most dynamic areas of the world’s capital markets. But the collapse of the US sub-prime market and the ensuing credit squeeze brought the boom in the US and Europe to an abrupt end, and with it, the widely anticipated Asian LBO boom was nipped in the bud.
These are trying times for the big LBO players. Private equity firms, still flush with cash, are running out of suitable assets to buy in more traditional markets and will need to act soon to maintain their investors’ confidence. The banks, meanwhile, having spent a great deal of time and money rolling out leveraged finance teams in Asia, now need to decide whether to disband them or to start making them pay their way.
Financing Leveraged Buyouts in Asia: Opportunities and obstacles, an IFR intelligence report, assesses the damage inflicted by the credit squeeze on this exciting sector, weighs the factors that will determine its recovery and looks beyond liquidity issues at the long-term trends that will outline the market’s future shape, explaining where money might be made and how.
Published July 2008, Financing Leveraged Buyouts in Asia: Opportunities and Obstacles is priced at £695/US$1,414 with a 15% discount for IFR subscribers.
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