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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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Clauses to stop investors who are ‘net short’ a particular credit influencing any restructuring or default are becoming more common, with buyout debt for Bain Capital’s Kantar spinout and Blackstone’s Merlin take-private including the new terms. These may not be watertight, but that doesn’t matter — the point is to make it awkward for investors taking this approach. -
Health and Happiness International Holdings, a China-based supplier of paediatric nutritional and baby care products, has returned to the loan market for a multi-tranche transaction.
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Real estate developer Helenbergh China Holdings has priced its first dollar bond, raising $300m amid constant demand for yield from investors.
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The bond leg of the loan-dominated buyout packages for Kantar and Merlin hit the market on Monday, giving investors a chance to buy subordinated debt in size. But both Bain Capital, and Blackstone, the sponsors, have included controversial provisions to limit the rights of noteholders who are ‘net short’.
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TDR Capital’s EG Group, formerly known as Euro Garages, started marketing high yield bonds in dollars and euros this week to part-fund its takeover of US peer Cumberland Farm, its largest acquisition during a two year spree that has left investors holding billions of the group’s debt. The Cumberland purchase has pushed EG’s bonds issued in May around five points lower.
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Chailease International Finance Corp has closed its third offshore loan of the year, finding demand from 17 lenders for a $300m facility.
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