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Deutsche gives Toomey position as head of new group — Gimpel leaves Citi, has fintech idea — Moelis hires Whelchel for private capital team
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Warner Music Group issued a dual currency refi on Tuesday and Wednesday, taking advantage of a US Federal Reserve-fuelled market to lock in tighter pricing and a maturity extension. The deal comes hot on the heels of its IPO, planned before the coronavirus pandemic struck but executed only last week. -
Hong Kong-listed oil company Hilong Holding pushed back the exchange deadline for its 2020 bond for the fourth time this week, leaving only a weekend between the exchange deadline and the notes’ maturity on Monday.
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Chinese real estate developer Zhongliang Holdings Group Co took $250m from a sub-one year bond on Wednesday, prioritising size over price for the deal.
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Heathrow is asking its high yield creditors to waive covenants it expects to breach this year in a return for a new commitment to a minimum cash level, a boost to coupon payments and a cancellation of any dividends, as it grapples with an 81% dive in earnings.
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Virgin Media’s rapid-fire refinancing binge continued on Wednesday with a new high yield bond offering, the fifth so far this month, part of what the company says is a “strategy of refinancing ahead of the curve and maximising tenor across all credit silos”. But the refi binge, which has seen more than $2.5bn-equivalent issued this month, has cost the company dearly, as many of the bonds it is terming out are inside their call dates — meaning it must pay the “make-whole” cost to redeem them.
