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The era of pure-play private equity is over. Banks are pulling different divisions together to serve the complex needs of global asset managers
Specialist moves after 18 years in the market
New dangers are making deals harder to do, but pricing for the haves is still tight
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Europe’s leveraged finance market is forecast to be hit by the biggest wave of defaults since 2009 next year, yet there is a disconnect with market sentiment. As Standard & Poor’s predicts the default rate to reach 8.5%, bullish investors continue to pile in. Silas Brown and Mike Turner report. -
As the CLO market enters the end of the summer, managers are getting ready to restart activity after Labor Day. But they are concerned about a potential wave of negative actions from rating agencies.
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Palmer Square Capital Management has announced its debut CLO in Europe, mandating JP Morgan for a rare static CLO, a deal structure not commonly seen in Europe.
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US CLO managers are working through a backlog of warehouses opened before the Covid-19 pandemic by splitting the facilities in half to buy back some equity and issue new deals. While in Europe, managers are tweaking deal documentation in preparation for new transactions.
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Casino developer Wynn Macau has made a rapid return to the bond market for an $850m deal, riding on an uplift in sentiment following the slow easing of travel restrictions to the Asian gambling hub.
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Standard & Poor’s expects the European default rate to climb to the highest level seen since the fallout from the last financial crisis.
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