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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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Shanghai Shangshi (Group), part of Chinese state-owned Shanghai Industrial Investment Holdings, is tapping the offshore loan market for $190m. -
CMB Financial Leasing raised $1bn from two dollar bonds on a day that a number of Chinese local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) and property developers also cashed in on the conducive market backdrop for new issuance.
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Travelodge is planning to dip into the sterling market to refinance all its bonds, issuing up to £440m in senior secured floating rate notes. It would take advantage of a window for UK issuance before the likely resumption of political worries in the autumn as the Brexit deadline approaches.
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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority have added regulatory pressure to the credit default swap market, pledging to clamp down on manufactured credit events.
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While the cult of the environmental, social and governance-linked (ESG) bond has gone from strength to strength in investment grade markets, with dedicated bond funds, attempts to build risk-free green curves and more than $100bn of issuance per year, the leveraged finance market — in loan and bond form alike — has been a laggard. But it’s where the rubber (from sustainable sources) really needs to meet the road.
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Fosun International has raised a larger-than-expected $700m to help fund a tender offer that will close next week, while Kaisa Group Holdings was in and out of the market with a $500m tap of two existing bonds.
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