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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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After Monday’s partial holiday across Europe, strong market conditions gave several high yield issuers confidence to press ahead with new issues on Tuesday. These gave investors options from investment grade-style refis to M&A trades, and executions proved strong, with International Game Technology and Aker boosting the size of their trades to take advantage of the backdrop. -
Danish wind farm operator European Energy has increased the size of its debut euro-denominated green bond, from the originally targeted €120m to €140m, on demand of more than €230m. The deal is one of only a handful of high yield issues to claim formal sustainability status, as ethical investment strategies gather pace in more corners of the capital markets.
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The CLO market has recently stalled due to a slowdown of investment from Japanese firms. Market participants say that this has been largely driven by negative media attention surrounding CLOs, and feel frustration that the asset class is still strongly associated with CDOs and the US subprime crisis.
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China’s Zhenro Properties Group wrapped up its first attempt at issuing perpetual bonds offshore this week, selling the note with a senior-to-perp differential that was tighter than some of its higher rated peers.
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The Green and Social Bond Principles’ executive committee has decided to leave the Principles unchanged this year, but is publishing three new documents on Thursday to help market participants. It also plans to launch an Advisory Council, to enable it to listen better to the concerns of the market.
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Lippo Malls Indonesia Retail Trust made its debut in the dollar market on Wednesday, diversifying its investor base and achieving quite a large deal size at an attractive price.
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