What exactly is RE D/E Placement?
Can somebody explain what real estate debt placement is and how it differs from equity placement?
What would analyst role look like in this group?
Thank you!
Can somebody explain what real estate debt placement is and how it differs from equity placement?
What would analyst role look like in this group?
Thank you!
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Haven’t actually worked on this side, and I’m a measly college kid, but I’ve done a couple internships in lending so I’m somewhat familiar with how that process works. A sponsor will hire a debt broker to go raise debt capital for an acquisition or refi, and give them some terms they are ideally looking for (leverage point, amortization, term, spread, etc) and the debt placement folks will go out and market the deal to some mix of mainly life cos, debt funds, CMBS and banks, depending on the deal. Those lenders will then underwrite the deal and send out a quote with the terms they are willing to give. The debt broker will then try to negotiate better terms with the lenders and present the various quotes to the sponsor, who will then pick the debt structure they want. After that it’s basically all DD which I don’t think they’re super involved in (not sure abt this tho), and once the loan closes: boom, commission for the broker.
On the equity side I’m guessing it’s a similar process but raising JV equity instead of debt, so negotiating things like hurdle rates and promote structure. But I’m guessing the deal flow on the equity side is significantly lower than on the debt side since sponsors will typically raise debt on a deal by deal basis, while they may opt to not use JV equity or have a JV in place to make multiple acquisitions. Plus the debt guys get involved in a refi situation, not just acquisitions.
Again I’m just a student, so for the people who have actual experience, feel free to correct me. Hope this is helpful
This is pretty spot on
When you say broker, do you also mean originator?
My understanding of an originator is that they work on the lending side and originate loans on behalf of a lending institution (bank, life co, etc) so no. But if people in the Debt placement world (JLL, Eastdil, etc) who work on behalf of sponsors are also called originators then yes?…
Idk I stopped using a fake ID like a year ago and here I am talking about amortization
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