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As funds swell, pressure to deploy rises and managers can stray from their expertise
The era of pure-play private equity is over. Banks are pulling different divisions together to serve the complex needs of global asset managers
Specialist moves after 18 years in the market
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Altice International jumped at this week’s strong market conditions, launching a €2.8bn-equivalent refinancing, hitting the lowest ever coupon level for the telecoms group and saving itself €187m in annual interest. The strong execution, with a size increase and performance in the aftermarket, shows a market wide open for other well-followed high yield names looking for a refinancing opportunity. -
Funding Circle picks up former securitization syndicator — Campbell moves from HSBC to RBC — Long-time DCM banker turns up at Aramco
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The European CLO market is marking the new year by bracing itself for a series of corporate downgrades. Ellington, a US CLO manager, has been sounding out the European market about bringing an ‘enhanced CLO’ in the first half of the year, which would allow for up to 50% of the portfolio to be debt rated triple-C or below, a far cry from the standard 7.5%.
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Lincoln Financing, the holding company of LeasePlan, hass tapped its senior secured 2024s for an extra €500m, looking to pay down payment-in-kind notes and fund its interest reserve. The deal follows last year’s €1.35bn issue, which paid down debt incurred when a sponsor consortium bought the company in 2016.
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RBC Capital Markets is beefing up financial sponsors, aiming to boost its European business during 2020, writes David Rothnie.
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NatWest Markets has started to offer currency swaps on leveraged loans, with its first ‘perfect asset swap’ traded in December. It joins just two other banks regularly offering the product, which is crucial for connecting the sterling leveraged finance market to the deep demand created by euro-based CLO buyers.
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