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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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Crossover credit Nokia is the latest borrower to switch its bank debt to a sustainability-linked margin, with the Finnish phone company also lengthening the tenor of its revolving credit lines. -
Greenland Holding Group Co tackled a July maturity by raising $500m from a bond on Tuesday, but the company still has more refinancing pressure in the near term.
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Four major announcements have been made today by the European Commission and its Technical Expert Group, which is drafting the substance of several parts of its multi-faceted Sustainable Finance Action Plan. There were new texts on the Taxonomy, Green Bond Standard and Low Carbon Benchmarks regulations as well as guidelines for companies on how to report climate change-related information. Many market participants welcomed them.
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Vue International’s revamped refinancing has tightened doc terms and pricing at the same time, ahead of commitments later on Tuesday, making it harder for part-owner Omers to take money out through its sub-debt —while also narrowing the OID and testing tighter pricing. The issuer may also include a sterling carve-out.
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The European Leveraged Finance Alliance has prepared a questionnaire on deal covenants, to help investors grill arrangers and issuers at roadshow meetings, circulating the standard question list to the market’s big investment banks, as well as to its investor members.
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European securitization investors this week are pricing longer duration deals tighter than earlier in the year, made comfortable by the ‘simple, transparent and standardised’ (STS) label. This is being demonstrated on Tuesday by Argenta Spaarbank's Green Apple RMBS deal.
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