
2023 preview: Buyouts

Even though debt is more readily available in Asia than in the US or Europe, financing costs are up, and buyout investors are reluctant to move for assets in an uncertain and overvalued market
Leveraged finance markets in Asia have often been compared unfavourably to those in the US and Europe. They remain dominated by banks instead of institutional funds, which usually means a more conservative...
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