Leverage Under Pressure: Private Equity in the High‑Rate Era

This episode explores how climbing interest rates are tightening the financial engineering playbook, forcing sponsors to reassess debt limits, valuation assumptions and operating improvement tactics. We trace the mechanics of higher financing costs, discuss the shift from high leverage toward stronger cash‑flow fundamentals, and outline what investors and portfolio managers can learn when rates climb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices