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US mezz funds talk to anguished LBO arrangers as Europeans hang back

Arrangers of at least two of the five hung high yield bridge loans in Europe are talking to US mezzanine funds about reducing — or wiping out entirely — the debt they will have to refinance with public high yield bonds. According to market participants, at least three US funds are involved in the discussions.

  • 07 Oct 2011

The negotiations may determine how much of the estimated €5bn backlog of LBO debt banks can get off their books before the end of the year — and how severely their profits will be hit
by the sweeteners needed to do so.

Banks have been hoping that mezzanine finance ...

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Bookrunners of Global Covered Bonds

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 UniCredit 8,310.39 68 6.26%
2 HSBC 7,890.10 39 5.94%
3 LBBW 7,461.99 41 5.62%
4 Natixis 5,933.30 28 4.47%
5 Barclays 5,557.78 30 4.18%

Bookrunners of Global FIG

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 Citi 42,113.29 211 6.63%
2 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 41,206.10 165 6.49%
3 JPMorgan 36,462.94 178 5.74%
4 HSBC 27,798.67 162 4.38%
5 Morgan Stanley 27,224.67 154 4.29%

Bookrunners of Dollar Denominated FIG

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 33,960.13 135 11.85%
2 Citi 33,121.38 164 11.55%
3 JPMorgan 29,312.27 137 10.23%
4 Morgan Stanley 19,909.37 108 6.95%
5 Goldman Sachs 17,936.95 177 6.26%

Bookrunners of Euro Denominated Covered Bond Above €500m

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 LBBW 5,089.85 19 7.10%
2 Natixis 4,918.89 18 6.86%
3 HSBC 4,323.51 15 6.03%
4 Credit Agricole CIB 4,174.25 17 5.82%
5 UniCredit 4,163.16 19 5.81%

Global FIG Revenue

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 Morgan Stanley 365.83 497 7.62%
2 JPMorgan 332.66 618 6.92%
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 299.89 590 6.24%
4 Goldman Sachs 276.71 375 5.76%
5 Citi 264.54 592 5.51%

Bookrunners of European Subordinated FIG

Rank Lead Manager Amount €m No of issues Share %
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1 Credit Agricole CIB 3,549.81 11 11.28%
2 UBS 3,334.58 12 10.60%
3 Barclays 3,229.69 10 10.26%
4 BNP Paribas 2,554.19 12 8.12%
5 HSBC 1,977.94 14 6.29%