Financing vehicle enables private equity firms to open another revenue line while offering borrowers an option when lenders are scarce. By Jeff Shaw The growing popularity of private equity-backed debt funds is a win-win for many of the players involved. Rather than use their capital to buy more properties, private equity investors can lend money as a lower-risk, fixed-income alternative to owning assets. Borrowers have another source of debt, especially at a time when lenders may be scarce. Just as banks, for example, were re-entering the seniors housing fray following …
