BANGALORE (Reuters) – As the credit crunch makes it harder for companies to secure financing necessary for leveraged acquisitions, high-yield mezzanine debt is fast becoming the only viable ...

Mezzanine debt gets its name because it blurs the lines between what constitutes debt and equity. It is the highest-risk form of debt, but it offers some of the highest returns -- a typical rate is in ...

Mezzanine financing is a hybrid form of business funding that combines elements of both debt and equity financing. It is typically used by companies to raise capital for various purposes like ...

Morgan Stanley has received about $1 billion for its second mezzanine debt fund. The LPs for Morgan Stanley Credit Partners II include unnamed global institutions and high net worth individual ...

Mezzanine financing is a hybrid between debt and equity. In a multi-tiered financing of an operation, for instances, the sources of money will be senior debt, senior subordinated debt, subordinated ...

MEZZANINE FINANCING IS often described as a sponge – essentially a flexible buffer between the senior debt and the equity. In recent years, this description became unintentionally apt as mezz was ...

Becoming involved with a distressed asset is like deciding to read "War and Peace", but discovering that your copy of the book starts on page 400. It takes a lot of catching up. Getting to know the ...

Mezzanine lenders are tripping over each other in their haste to accommodate hungry borrowers. Each week brings news of another commercial real estate fund amassing capital to make or acquire ...

Professional mezzanine investors also worry about what their newer counterparts are doing with the mezzanine debt they hold. While existing CDOs might have covenants that prevent them investing in ...

Valentine’s Day might be in the rearview, but the romance between banks and developers kindles stronger with each passing day. Specifically, we’re talking about banks approaching developers and asking ...