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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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Triple-A spreads on new CLO issues hit 130bp last week — their tightest level since the beginning of the pandemic — as GSO priced a $300.15m static CLO arranged by Barclays. -
Consciousness of environmental, social and governance factors is snowballing among private debt and equity investors, prompting them to seek new answers to the conundrum of how to obtain adequate ESG information on private companies. Providers are trying to meet the demand, including with innovative products.
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A UK government spokesperson has told GlobalCapital that the UK is exploring ways to support private equity-backed businesses that fall foul of EU rules around state aid. Accredited lenders under the UK government’s emergency corporate loans schemes are rejecting applications by many private equity-backed companies, fearing they do not fit the eligibility criteria.
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Struggling Gulf state Bahrain has fallen further into junk territory, with its budget deficit expected to balloon as a result of an oil price slump and the Covid-19 pandemic. But it is not all gloom, experts said, as bond markets remain wide open for high yield issuance.
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The period since March has been a turbulent time for financial markets, and the CLO sector in Europe dealt with a complex set of disruptions when the pandemic arrived this spring. From sudden and acute stress at the corporate level, to an unprecedented shift in working conditions, CLO players in Europe experienced uncertainty not seen since the last crisis. Yet, the market has adapted, and while the shape and size of deals may be different, CLOs in Europe are pushing ahead. BNY Mellon and GlobalCapital gathered market experts to discuss the present state of the European CLO market and its prospects.
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China’s Anton Oilfield Services Group’s dollar bond has plunged in the secondary market following a profit warning from the company.
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