"I think it partly has to do with the private equity funds having a higher degree of exit options, whether it is an IPO, a secondary buyout, a dividend recap or an outright sale of the company to a strategic buyer."-- Dan Toscano, managing director, group head at Deutsche Bank, on the record number of sponsor-backed leveraged loans in the first half of 2005.
"I think it partly has to do with the private equity funds having a higher degree of exit options, whether it is an IPO, a secondary buyout, a dividend recap or an outright sale of the company to a strategic buyer."
