Europe
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US private placement (US PP) investors are considering whether the UK's support services industry is worth the risk after Interserve was forced into a debt for equity swap, with the dust still to settle on Carilion’s liquidation. Silas Brown reports. -
Italy received record-breaking demand for a long end syndication this week, overtaking its previous record set only last month. But it wasn’t all positive for Italy, as its bonds took a hit after the European Commission cut the country’s growth forecast on Thursday.
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A last minute additional tier one deal from Banco Santander this week had investors crossing their fingers in the hope that they can survive 2019 without seeing a bond being extended past its first call date.
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JP Morgan has overhauled its European management team as it places its oldest franchise at the heart of a push to boost its UK M&A business.
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Several Spanish regions are expected to return to bond markets this year, having been locked out since the eurozone sovereign debt crisis. GlobalCapital understands that the Spanish government has approved a request for new debt to be issued by the Balearic Islands — a region that has not sold a bond since 2012. More approvals could follow in the next few weeks. Burhan Khadbai reports.
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The European Central Bank (ECB) is well aware of the fact that €400bn borrowed under TLTRO II will no longer be counted as stable funding from June, so a new financing package is certain to be announced in the next month or two. But issuers waiting for a handout are going to be disappointed by what follows and will be obliged to tap capital markets, just as conditions deteriorate.
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It does not make sense for the UK Debt Management Office (DMO) to change its index for inflation linked bonds before the government has decided on its preferred measure of inflation, said market participants, responding to a report from the country’s politicians.
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Tip Trailer, the Dutch trailer services company, has refinanced its revolving credit facility (RCF), ramping the size up to €967m as it gathers funding for a range of growth plans.
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High yield bonds for auto parts manufacturer Adient slipped more than three points on Thursday as the company tweaked its loan covenants and produced disappointing numbers. The firm’s new management is taking aggressive action to turn the group around and says it needs the financial headroom to do so.
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Société Générale announced Jean-François Grégoire’s new job as head of the global markets business unit on Thursday, replacing Frank Drouet. The bank is seeking to slim down the operations of the division.
