Goldman Sachs
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A HK$2.8bn ($361m) loan to back private equity firm Permira's leveraged buyout of Hong Kong-based Tricor Holdings has been launched into general syndication. -
Goldman Sachs has promoted 12 managing directors in Asia Pacific to partners in its 2016 class, a 50% increase from the previous round in 2014.
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The euro corporate bond market sold off on Wednesday morning in reaction to Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election, but spread widening was limited, and bankers are already preparing new issues for Thursday.
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The visible European high yield pipeline was empty on Monday but for Perstorp, the Swedish specialty chemical company, which is running a seven day roadshow for its dual currency all debt refinancing deal.
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Finnish packaging firm Powerflute has extended the deadline on its €400m leveraged buyout by Madison Dearborn to this Friday, as has BMI Healthcare for its £285m refinancing.
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Shares in ProSiebenSat.1 Media, the German television, radio and publishing group, closed 7.4% lower on Friday after it completed a surprise €515m capital increase to finance future digital acquisitions and strengthen its balance sheet.
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Nine banks have been mandated to arrange the financing for the leveraged buyout of Polish online marketplace Allegro, and a senior loan will be launched into syndication later this month.
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Europe’s largest laboratory services company, Synlab, on Friday shot a new bond into the European high yield market deal to repay all of its 2022 floating rate notes.
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Despite the damage done to this autumn's IPO season, with a string of deals pulled and several trading badly, there is still a handful of flotations in the market, and ECM bankers believe they have a chance of success, writes Aidan Gregory.
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On Wednesday, UK financial software firm Misys pulled the $1.5bn refinancing it had been marketing as part of its planned IPO, having dropped the share sale last week.
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On Wednesday morning, Sirius Minerals, the company seeking to build a new potash mine in North Yorkshire, launched a bold $940m equity capital increase and convertible bond to finance stage one of the project.
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UK challenger bank Virgin Money Holdings is set to return to the additional tier one (AT1) market, as it looks to entice investors during a quiet week for new issuance.
