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  • Cineworld has stapled warrants for 9.9% of the company to its latest tranche of emergency funding, a $450m lifeline that comes with an undisclosed but eyewatering interest rate. The new cash has unlocked a further round of covenant waivers from its revolver banks, and should give the company a chance to keep trading until coronavirus vaccines bring back a semblance of normality to the economy.
  • Northumberland Estates, the body that manages the interests of the Duke of Northumberland, has sold £200m worth of private placements to US and UK investors, according to market sources. The borrower joins Blenheim Palace, the Duchy of Cornwall and a long list of esoteric credits to tap the private markets.
  • Symon Drake-Brockman, the founder and managing partner of European direct lender Pemberton Asset Management, thinks that the US direct lending market has matured to such an extent that further growth is tricky, whereas Europe still has fruitful opportunities ahead.
  • When the Covid-19 crisis hit in the spring, it looked like a golden opportunity for private credit funds. But the window shut as quickly as it opened, preventing the hungry funds from deploying much of their dry powder. But their moment may have finally arrived.
  • Giving cheap loans with few restrictions to local authorities via the Public Works Loan Board is not a suitable replacement for central government funding. This must change, or London Borough of Croydon will only be the first council to fall into insolvency.
  • Hamburg Airport has launched a Schuldschein deal, following Munich Airport’s entry into the market in early October.