Managing Director, Markus Lahrkamp, is featured in a recent article in Forbes Deal Flow, “Fed Rate Hikes Could Cause Bankruptcies To Bloom In Private Equity Portfolios”. In this article he discusses how portfolio companies might respond to inflation and rising rates.
“The deals that have been done over the last 18 months—and there was a lot, I mean it was a total bonanza—I am telling you, they are highly leveraged,” says Markus Lahrkamp, a managing director in the private equity performance improvement group at advisory firm Alvarez & Marsal. “I’ve not heard any buyer’s remorse yet, but I don’t think we’re that far away from when this is going to start.”
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