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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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Moody’s has torn up one of the shibboleths of the Schuldschein market — that its borrowers are worthy of investment grade ratings. On Wednesday, the rating agency said a number of borrowers from the car parts sector were overleveraged and not profitable enough. Investors appear to share these worries, but the Schuldschein market offers them little protection and there is no reliable secondary market for them to sell into.
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Dräxlmaier, the German car parts maker, has launched a sustainability-linked Schuldschein. Deals from the car industry have been few and far between in the market of late. Investors have cooled on the sector, as there have been some high profile problems with specific credits at the same time as the industry undergoes big changes.
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Survitec, the UK survival and safety company, has signed a revolving credit facility, bringing debt raised by the acquisitive company in the last few months to £297.5m. -
Former Goldman Sachs partner Tim Flynn co-founded credit fund manager Hayfin in 2009, with the global financial crisis of 2007-08 already in the rear view mirror. Having steered his firm through the European alternative credit market's first major test, he talked to GlobalCapital about how funds are managing their way through the Covid-19 crisis and whether their performance will attract more investors into the asset class.
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Carlyle’s credit opportunities fund has provided a full €400m unitranche financing for Infront, after the Swiss sports marketing company opted to switch tracks from its original syndicated loan, launched in April.
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Tobias Rischen joined the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg on Monday as an associate funding officer.
