EuroWeek View: European investors must swallow cov-lite, or miss out again

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EuroWeek View: European investors must swallow cov-lite, or miss out again

Not many corporates could pull off a jumbo LBO in the US market in the way that ketchup maker Heinz managed. But more and more European borrowers are shifting at least part of their financing across the Atlantic, where they can access cheaper funding with no covenants attached. If investors in Europe want to compete, they need to end their resistance to cov-lite deals.

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