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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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Country Garden Holdings (CoGard) raised $1bn from a two-part deal, hitting its size goal and finding the money it needs to refinance some of its maturing debt. -
End of year earnings calls at the US banks all featured anxieties about the exposure of the firms to a leveraged finance market that was looking increasingly stretched through year end, with some bridges said to be hung and discounts offered on risk positions.
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Larry Fink, chief executive of BlackRock, became one of the most namechecked people in the responsible investing movement in 2018 when he affirmed that “Companies must benefit all of their stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers and the communities in which they operate.”
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Maintaining confidence in the system relies on trust that leaders — those selected for their competence and character to set the course for the rest of us — are well informed, able to communicate with others at their level and take decisions that serve the interests of those they lead.
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The size of a radical debt restructuring proposed this week by New Look, the UK fashion retailer fighting for survival, caught some by surprise. But high yield bankers and investors agreed that this event will not shut the market as the Phones 4U debacle did four years ago.
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Barclays is on the road this week with a CLO that it is looking to sell this quarter for Credit Suisse Asset Management.
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