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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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Pension funds, especially Canadian ones, are increasingly direct participants in the largest leveraged buy-outs. They're appearing not just as members of consortia, but also sometimes alone, as in Ontario Teachers' purchase of Trivium, a spin-out from packaging firm Ardagh. -
Euro investors gave the buyout debt for EQT and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority’s purchase of Nestlé Skin Health a particularly strong reception. Driving pricing through 400bp despite the high leverage on the deal.
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Leaders of the big US investment banks were cautiously optimistic about upcoming investment banking activity, despite a poor second quarter across their capital markets divisions.
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GSO Capital, a Blackstone-owned entity, is marketing Dunedin Park, a €409.8m CLO arranged by Deutsche Bank, and the fourth brought by the issuer this year.
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Crédit Agricole’s corporate and investment bank (CA–CIB) aims to be realistic in how offers value to clients and its parent company. It’s looking to achieve growth without overreaching in unprofitable or less strategic areas, writes David Rothnie.
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Loxam, the French supplier of industrial rental equipment, printed €1.15bn senior secured notes and €250m of subordinated notes this week, risking a future rating downgrade as it loads up more debt to finance its biggest ever acquisition.
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