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Investors want the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (Afme) to bulk up their fight against loose high yield bond terms. Afme wants high yield investors to pay a fee for the first time. With borrowers only now tentatively coming back after an unusual risk off pause, this week’s confrontation between Afme and some investor members will add uncertainty to new deal pricing, said market participants. -
Bookrunners will start marketing the financing for KKR’s buyout of Unilever’s spread business as soon as next week, with the European high yield bond and the leveraged loan market both braced for supply.
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A Chinese company’s decision to pay an extra 300bp in coupon to defer payments on its onshore perpetual notes has not only shocked the domestic bond market, but also inevitably raised concerns offshore. Bankers and investors are now paying much closer attention to the onshore/offshore dynamics.
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Sources have said 3i plans to follow a buy-and-build approach with the newly acquired Royal Sanders, the Anglo-Dutch personal care product manufacturer. The strategy would mirror its successful expansion of drinks bottling company Refresco, which sparked a bounty of deals in the high yield and leveraged loan markets.
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Ronshine China Holdings became the only Asian issuer to sell a dollar bond this week in the run-up to Chinese New Year. But the company ended up bagging a mere $100m from its tap, despite rumours it was eyeing as much as $225m.
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Those bankers and investors who hoped for a small burst of activity before Chinese New Year were left disappointed on Monday, when Ronshine China Holdings became the only issuer from Asia ex-Japan to launch a dollar bond.
