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Deal rules and slow primary market make ramping up deals difficult
◆ Supranationals and agencies prepare to achieve the previously unthinkable ◆ Leveraged loans versus private credit and their effect on CLOs ◆ A new dawn for dollar covered bonds and UK equity market structure
◆ Schaeffler attracts €5.8bn peak book… ◆ …while SPIE finds €2.8bn of orders ◆ Strong demand allows for strong price moves
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High yield bond investors have been slower to embrace sustainable finance than other areas of the capital markets but the tide could be turning. Asset manager Tikehau has launched a new impact credit fund, focusing on leveraged finance in a bid to push the market towards sustainability. -
Bridgepoint Group, the UK private equity group, is garnering strong interest for its IPO on the London Stock Exchange. Sources close to the deal said that it coming so late in what has been a tricky summer deal window surprised some but that investors have warmed quickly to it.
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Investec has hired two new staffers to its growth and leveraged finance team, after launching an inaugural direct lending fund at the start of 2021.
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Private equity firm Blackstone is raising $1.1bn to support its purchase of a stake in Indian IT company Mphasis. The deal is set to be the largest leveraged buyout loan in the country — and comes with a group of 13 bookrunners at the top. Pan Yue reports.
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So far, despite the constant market chatter, consolidation among CLO managers has yet to occur. Instead, new firms are popping up as buyer demand rises in the hunt for yield. That has included Sancus Capital Management, which arranged its first deal recently having spent eight years as an investor in CLO equity and mezzanine paper.
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Deals keep coming in leveraged finance, as conditions remain ripe for refinancing and funding acquisitions. Though there are signs of investor fatigue around the edges, bankers do not expect much of a slowdown until August.
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