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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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Standard Chartered is looking to build out its CLO trading capabilities in EMEA, and is in the market for a CLO trader, part of the bank’s broader push into European securitized products. -
Reports from Pitchbook and Preqin have found an increased concentration of capital in private debt funds. This is giving larger asset managers a whip hand in dealmaking, while smaller funds struggle to raise and deploy capital, and investors seek the safety of big players ahead of an expected downturn.
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Andrew Scotland has become co-head of Bayside Capital’s special situations debt activities in Europe.
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Santander has bought credit protection on two portfolios of undrawn revolving credit facilities, taking advantage of a regulatory decision last year to sharply boost the efficiency of the protection. The deal points the way for banks to cut the costs of providing revolvers, which are usually extended as a ‘loss leader’ for a broader banking relationship.
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TalkTalk has mandated only the second sterling high yield issue of the year, unveiling a £500m unsecured five year to take out its 5.375% 2022 and pay down a portion of its revolver. Sterling supply has lagged the broader high yield market, which has seen one of the best starts on record in euros and dollars
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Dollar bonds sold by Chinese high yield property companies recovered from their trading lows at the end of January to become some of the highest performing notes in Asia last week. While that has created some positive momentum for the deals set to come to the market soon, analysts remain cautious.
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