This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers visit http://www.djreprints.com. https://www.barrons.com/articles/ranking-the-most-aggressive-private-equity-deal-sponsors-51566414643 The results are in: Vista Equity Partners is the most aggressive private-equity deal sponsor, according to a measure by Xtract Research. Of the sponsors that brought at least four loans to market over the past 18 months, Vista had the worst average covenant score, at 2.2, Xtract found. The next worst was Warburg Pincus, at 2.8, and then Hellman & Friedman, at 2.9.