"The stock market doesn't care - bigger funds, bigger deals, bigger leverage and bigger fun is its motto, as private equity funds account for 25% of global M&A," he says.
"The bigger leverage is the debt ceiling, and I think we need to shift our attention to that," said Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo)., who promised to keep trying to halt the Affordable Care Act.
We may see more big leveraged buy-outs if this unusual spread persists.
The private placement memorandum described, among other things, Mr. Forstmann's investment approach, noting his desire to take full control of companies and his aversion to big leverage.
All Germany's Land barons have big leverage thanks to their seats in the Bundesrat, the second chamber of the Bonn parliament, which can veto some government bills and delay others.
He made a fortune as chairman of GTCR, which Chicago Magazine called "one of the city's biggest leveraged-buyout shops," and lives in Winnetka, a tony suburb north of Chicago.
"I'm Egyptian," Esmail told The Hollywood Reporter, "so I went to Egypt right after all that happened and what I thought was so cool is you had these young kids who were angry at what the country was, angry at society, and their biggest leverage was that they were young and angry".
Without the advantage of big leverage and with lower interest rates, German investors are losing interest in leasing deals.
"There is zero question that firearms are the single biggest leverage point for lowering the national-suicide rate," Anestis said.
The biggest leverage is the deadline of New Year's Day, but I still think it's too early to tell whether a "Grand Bargain II" will be struck before or after the fiscal cliff is reached.
