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Long seen as adversaries, banks and private credit lenders are getting used to working together
Fahy will also lead asset-based finance origination
Direct lending default rates tick higher amid notable distressed situations
A Swiss borrower has already closed books and Austria's Egger will soon
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Whitbread, the UK hotel and restaurant company behind Premier Inn, has amended a clause in its debt documentation which could have left it liable for technical default. One source said several companies may have to go through a similar amendment process. -
BMW has raised €200m from a single investor in the Schuldschein market, according to several market sources. Arrangers are talking with Schuldschein investors to gauge appetite for German auto manufacturers as the Covid-19 pandemic wreaks havoc on corporate earnings.
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Merlin Entertainments, one of last year’s biggest take-privates, has some investors worried about whether it will seek new financing to get it through the coronavirus lockdowns that have shuttered the theme park business’s main sites. Any new financing could weaken the security package for existing lenders and bondholders — though liquidity to get through the lockdowns is essential, writes Owen Sanderson.
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The Schuldschein market’s official lines of bookbuilding have been all but shut during the Covid-19 crisis, but sources have told GlobalCapital that several companies have discreetly approached larger lenders for club or bilateral deals.
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The MTN market is expecting a wave of corporate issuance in the coming weeks, as companies seek to tap all available sources of funding to shore up their resources to survive the coronavirus crisis. Investors are open to doing deals, particularly Japanese accounts eager to buy paper at the start of their new fiscal year, which begins this week.
