Mezzanine finance: Lenders rewrite their terms of engagement

One of the many things that got forgotten during the LBO boom was that mezzanine is a risky product.

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It has a blend of equity and junior debt characteristics and is deeply subordinated. At the height of the market, mezz loans were being placed at 8% to 9% which, not surprisingly, many funds say simply did not reflect the risks involved. Mezzanine’s revival in the wake of the credit crunch has seen leverage pull back by a full turn and pricing harden by an average of 1%.

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