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Major sectors in leveraged loans are trading down, making shrewd credit selection vital
Deal could include $950m of bonds
Upper mid-market firms eschew ‘exciting’ stories as cracks emerge in European private credit
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York Capital's CLO business has struck a strategic deal with Kennedy Lewis, which will see the manager rebranding to become 'Generate Advisors', and Kennedy Lewis commit $200m of equity to the shelf. -
Center Parcs, the UK resort group owned by Brookfield, has sold a £255m high yield bond, in order to raise cash to redeem its remaining class ‘B’ notes due in 2022. The final coupon stood 2% inside where its September 2020 refinancing outing landed, reflecting investor confidence in the business’ position coming out of the pandemic. But the company accepts it is still facing challenges.
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German open-source software company Suse has announced its intention to float on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, joining the lengthy queue of European companies seeking to go public.
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Europe’s high grade bond investors are set to be offered new bonds from both ends of the ratings spectrum this week, as A2 rated air traffic controller Nats (En Route) and fallen angel car parts company ZF Friedrichshafen planned deals.
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Another heavy primary week in European leveraged finance swung into action on Monday, with the bond leg of the buy-out financing for Bain and Cinven’s Sfr4.2bn purchase of Lonza Specialty Ingredients among the highlights.
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French frozen food maker Picard pulled its planned €1.7bn sustainability-linked dividend deal on Friday, citing ‘unsatisfactory market conditions’, and its flexible redemption schedule, with no maturities until 2023. Conditions were so unsatisfactory that last week was one of the busiest of the year in high yield primary, while Monday has opened with another six deals announced — suggesting that for most issuers and arrangers, conditions continue to be very satisfactory indeed.
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