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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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Rates trading desks are seeking owners of triple-A European CLO tranches, because of the value of the embedded Euribor floors, which convert negative Euribor prints to 0%. These can be stripped out and sold to the market, monetising a feature of the bonds that has become sharply more valuable as euro interest rates have plunged this summer.
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Sri Rejeki Isman (Sritex) sold an opportunistic $225m bond on Wednesday, becoming the first high yield Indonesian issuer in five months. The company offered investors a juicy premium, which was necessary to appease buyers burnt by turmoil around fellow textile company Duniatex.
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Health and Happiness International Holdings and Shui On Land have both made swift returns to the loan market for tightly priced deals.
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Chinese property company Ronshine China Holdings brought its 2022 notes to the market again on Wednesday, tapping the 8.75% bonds for a second time and adding $265m to its coffers.
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India's Tata Capital Financial Services has made a quick loan comeback, seeking a $135m-equivalent dual-currency deal.
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Triton Partners and secured bondholders enforced a share pledge over German heat exchanger company Galapagos, selling the company itself back to Triton, and leaving unsecured bondholders facing an empty shell. But the unsecured bondholders won’t go down without a fight, with Signal Capital Partners filing a lawsuit in New York seeking to tear up the sale.
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