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Debt line
GPs can avoid potential liquidity issues by drawing down loans early and performing greater due diligence on their lenders.
Illustration of a man balancing on a dice
GPs must think carefully about how fund-level leverage affects performance at the fund level and, by extension, their own stability, writes veteran investor Neil Harper.
Under the hood
PEI caught up with Fi Dinh, who led ING's first ESG-linked revolving credit facility, to discuss fund terms, interest rate calculations and sustainability targets.
ESG sustainability
The bank provided a subscription credit facility for Singapore's Quadria Capital that pegs its interest rate to fund-level ESG performance.
Charts
Credit lines are contentious but their ability to improve IRR appears limited to the most strongly performing funds and funds early in their life, writes Christoph Jäckel of Montana Capital Partners.
Copenhagen Denmark
ATP PEP will ask GPs to provide an IRR that has been adjusted to compensate for the use of subscription credit lines, managing partner Torben Vangstrup told PEI.
illustration of approach to leverage
The firm tries to secure non-recourse financing, long-term maturities and little-to-no financial maintenance covenants, according to chief executive Cyrus Madon.
On its Q2 earnings call, chief financial officer Bill Janetschek detailed the way the firm handles credit facilities.
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