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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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The high costs of bidding for the next generation of mobile technology is pushing telecoms firms, many of which operate with leveraged capital structures, to sharpen their balance sheets through asset sales and paying down debt. Mobile moguls like Patrice Drahi, Xavier Niel and John Malone are all taking steps to optimise their empires. Owen Sanderson reports. -
ICG’s purchase of Italian generic pharmaceuticals firm DOC Generici is likely to be financed with high yield bonds, according to bankers, once the deal receives regulatory approval. The deal is said to be worth around €1.2bn in total, though ICG has declined to comment at all on the financing structure.
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William Hill’s £350m seven year high yield deal last week grabbed an opportunity opened up by the extension to the Brexit deadline, according to group treasurer Mark Hirst, supplying a sterling market that has seen sparse issuance so far this year. But the constrained supply in the market meant the company’s attempt to buy back its 2020s at 103 attracted limited investor interest.
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Global investment banks should be able to withstand stress in the leveraged finance market, according to a Moody’s report published on Tuesday, thanks to lower pipeline limits and smaller deal sizes than pre-crisis. This was borne out during the fourth quarter of last year, when few banks were caught offside despite a slump in loan prices.
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EG Group, the UK petrol station company owned by TDR Capital, has boosted the size of its dual currency high yield bond issue, adding a new senior secured euro tranche on the back of high demand. But senior bondholders are getting a rough deal from the size increase, which is being partly used to cut their safety cushion by paying off second lien debt.
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Thomas Mathieson has joined Credit Suisse from NatWest Markets, to head up special situations and loan trading.
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