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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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  • India’s Mu Sigma, a data analytics firm, has returned to the loan market for an up to $100m deal to refinance its debt.
  • JP Morgan has started syndication on a refinancing loan for Micro Focus, a deal first marketed at the end of February but pulled in the first week of March, in a further sign that the loan market is healing enough to start clearing the overhang of pre-coronavirus financings.
  • Chinese pork producer Muyuan Foods has set the ball rolling on its debut $200m offshore loan.
  • Metals and mining company Vedanta Resources is seeking a bridge loan of $2bn to $2.5bn to take its India-listed subsidiary private.
  • Bank of the Laos PDR is in talks with banks for a new borrowing, returning to to the offshore loan market after raising two deals last year.
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