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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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In an analysis of CLO managers’ holdings of distressed loans since the financial crisis, a team of analysts at JP Morgan found that Voya and KKR were the top managers for selling loans that later became distressed at the highest spread versus their eventual recovery price. -
S&P Global Ratings has announced that it intends to recalibrate its CLO ratings tools to better account for years of performance data that show the firm’s models predicted more defaults than have occurred across CLO and CDO asset classes.
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Europcar has launched a €450m high yield bond to refinance its 2022s and likely cut coupon costs, as yields have come down for senior unsecured debt amid a dearth of bond supply.
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Nyrstar, the zinc and lead mining and processing firm, has reached a deal with some of its creditors in which Trafigura, the commodities trader that owns a 25% stake, could take the whole firm private following a scheme of arrangement.
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Moody’s has acquired a majority stake in Vigeo Eiris, the environmental, social and governance research and ratings provider, as the credit rating agencies move increasingly into the area of ESG investing. The announcement comes just days after S&P Global launched its new ESG Evaluation product.
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The US’s Catalent will buy Paragon Bioservices in a debt and equity financed $1.2bn deal, as consolidation in the gene therapy market builds pace.
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