Most private equity-style deals late in the year used financing by private credit, including the deal to take Coupa Software private.
While some investors were hibernating in the fourth quarter, the private market for deal financing has been roaming free.
The overwhelming majority of private equity-style deals late in the year have used financing by so-called private credit rather than by the marketing and selling of loans to a wide group of investors by banks.
PitchBook LCD tracked 46 leveraged buyouts financed by private credit in the fourth quarter through Dec. 8, versus just one financed by the broadly syndicated loan market.
For the recently announced take-private of Coupa Software for instance, the top lending spot went to investment firm Sixth Street Partners, the Journal has reported.