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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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AllianceBernstein announced on Tuesday the launch of a broadly syndicated loan CLO management unit.
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Two coffee firms are marketing high yield bonds this week, as a strong market backdrop encourages sponsors to lock in cheap funding. The two issues sit at opposite ends of the coffee spectrum — service station self-serve and high end barista-style kit — but both companies are sponsor-owned single-B names.
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JP Morgan, Citi and Goldman Sachs kicked off the third quarter results season for investment banks on Tuesday. While debt and equity underwriting revenues grew substantially at JP Morgan compared with the equivalent quarter of last year, they fell at Goldman.
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High yield issuer Kunming Municipal Urban Construction Investment & Development Co priced its inaugural dollar bond on Monday, raising $300m at a yield that was comparable to some higher rated local government financing vehicles (LGFVs).
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Macquarie Capital has hired UBS banker Vincent Repaci to head a new asset-based lending group to cover sponsor clients, supporting LBOs, refinancings and restructurings. He joins three other recent senior hires in leveraged credit at the firm.
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Covenant erosion and the lack of disclosure worried market participants at Afme’s Annual European High Yield Conference in London on Wednesday. While investors are ever better educated and organised, the hunt for yield is driving them to accept aggressive documentation.
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