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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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Mid-December is rarely the perfect time to take out more than €1bn of LBO financing, but 2020 has been full of surprises, and BC Partners’ acquisition debt for its investment in Italian machinery maker Industria Macchine Automatiche (IMA) flew off the shelf — though not without a tweak to the most aggressive documentation terms. Plenty of other high yield issuers also spotted the window, which looks set to make this December record-breaking.
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Direct lender Alcentra has raised €557m for its second European fund focusing on stressed and distressed debt. AlbaCore closed a new disclocation fund with $1bn of commitments this week, too. Both aim to tap into companies that have fallen down the credit spectrum during the pandemic. -
Two European borrowers are looking to reprice leveraged loans tighter for the first time since the coronavirus crisis hit, underscoring the market’s strong tone following its recovery. Groupe CEP, a French insurance broker, was one of the first post-pandemic loan deals to break cover in early June, when the market still wanted to see some spread on new facilities.
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Axactor, a Norwegian debt purchaser firm, has launched a refinancing of its €200m 2021 bond alongside a rights issue, and a clean-up of its capital structure, which will "increase its capacity for new investments in a highly attractive NPL market".
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Vedanta Resources sold a $1bn bond this week, easing mounting concerns about its debt repayment abilities. The metal and mining company’s return was not easy, as it had to concede to a number of investor-friendly terms. Morgan Davis reports.
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Hayfin Capital Management returned to the US CLO market with a new issue after its first American transaction in June 2019. CLO supply is expected to be strong into year-end, with another 13 deals at least to be priced before Christmas.
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