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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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Banks leading the financing package for Blackstone’s leveraged buyout of Thomson Reuters’ Financial & Risk business — soon to be renamed Refinitiv —have shifted some of the funding away from the bonds and into the loans, increasing leverage in the deal and mirroring the issuance trends seen in leveraged finance this year. -
Garrett Motion began to market euro bond funding for its separation from Honeywell this week, as high yield investors close on some of the largest deals seen so far this year.
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Assets allocated to US exchange traded products and funds hit a record high in August, after assets left the space when volatility returned to US markets in February.
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Chinese local government financing vehicles are under immense pressure, with the ratings of 11 LGFVs downgraded last week. But the focus for now is on the upcoming redemption of Qinghai Provincial Investment Group’s $300m bond next week — key to investor confidence in the sector.
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French polling and market research firm Ipsos issued its first public corporate bond on Friday, following an investor update, but the responses the company received on the call were inconclusive.
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Strong demand from bank lenders has allowed Health and Happiness International Holdings to bump up the size of its dual-currency loan to $450m-equivalent.
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