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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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GlobalCapital's Silas Brown spoke to Mathieu Chabran, co-founder of European alternative asset manager Tikehau Capital. They discussed how the relatively new private debt market in Europe will navigate its way through the pandemic, who the winners and losers will be in the asset class, and what opportunities may emerge from the dust.
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Tianqi Lithium Corp’s rising debt burden since its acquisition of a stake in a Chilean mining company two years ago is causing trouble. The Chinese borrower is seeking covenant waivers and a tenor extension on part of a $3.5bn loan, raising concerns among bankers about the performance of other commodity credits amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Pan Yue reports.
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Credit Suisse took a $294m hit from marking leveraged finance underwriting exposure to market in the first quarter, its results on Thursday showed, as March’s volatility and jump in credit spreads took their toll.
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The European Central Bank is expected to broaden its asset purchasing to include bonds from issuers that have lost their investment grade ratings as a result of the coronavirus crisis — a funding lifeline to companies now rated BBB- or with one foot already in the junk camp.
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CLO managers are on the defensive as the pace of leveraged loan downgrades accelerates in April.
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Banks providing reserve-based lending facilities to oil exploration companies are looking to sell these loans, usually held and refinanced as ultra-secure relationship products, at bargain basement prices.
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