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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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The European CLO market has widened from the long standing 90bp level for triple-A bonds seen for much of 2019, as the pricing difference between new and more established managers begins to blur. -
French insurance brokerage April, a CVC portfolio company, has returned to the leveraged loan market to refinance the acquisition debt it raised in April, taking advantage of squeezed credit spreads and the expiry of its six month call protection.
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Generic pharmaceuticals firm Teva has released price thoughts for a $1.5bn bond refinancing, which will term out its maturities. But the levels on offer show potential opioid litigation is still weighing on the firm’s capital structure. The Israeli company settled with a group of US states at the end of October, sending its shares and bonds surging, but the firm faces a trial in New York next March.
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Commerzbank’s corporate clients division will focus on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and cross-selling over pure growth, as it continues with its latest strategic plan.
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Private equity firms have found plenty of investment opportunities in India this year, with their focus on the country set to increase as the crisis around non-banking financial companies unfolds. This means that leveraged loans bankers are getting ready for more action, writes Pan Yue.
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Asian debt bankers were forced to react to a tumultuous week of protests in Hong Kong, cutting short the bookbuilding window for new deals. But although bankers had to change tactics, the market largely endured the turmoil. Addison Gong reports.
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