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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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Several companies boasting Big Four accounting firms as auditors have emerged as fraudulent, leading many to wonder what value auditors bring to an investors' understanding of a company. The big issue is that auditors have little obligation to detect fraud at companies they audit, and neither it seems does anyone else. Until they do, investors need to stop believing a Big Four sign-off is a seal of approval. In fact, for a system supposedly built with its own reputation in mind, developed markets have offered investors very little protection. -
KKR bidco Planets UK has signed a £2.5bn syndicated loan to support a £4.2bn all-cash acquisition of UK waste management firm Viridor, according to sources familiar with the situation. Merger and acquisition activity is set for a revival in the second half of the year, as previously deferred deals are brought back to the fore and at-risk companies are forced to rethink strategy, bankers say.
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China ZhengTong Auto Services Holdings, a luxury auto dealership, surprised bankers this week after missing a principal payment on a dollar loan. Pan Yue reports.
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Wellfleet Credit Partners and Carlyle Group priced new CLOs last week, adding to a growing pool of new deals that have cleared the pipeline in recent weeks as investors and managers settle into a stabilized market, according to sources.
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UK pub owner Stonegate held calls with investors on Monday for a bond issue, to partly refinance £2.73bn worth of acquisition facilities used to acquire a larger competitor, Ei. Stonegate is set to be one of the first UK borrowers hit by coronavirus to sell high yield notes.
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Investindustrial, the European private equity firm, has signed a €600m subscription credit facility linked to environmental, social and governance metrics, as sustainability-conscious finance makes further inroads into the private equity market.
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