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Tendam, a fashion retailer, is the latest Spanish company to get syndicated loan backing from the state owned Instituto de Credito Oficial (ICO), as sectors hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic lean on state support.
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Equities and investment-grade bonds are overpriced in developed markets, according to Tommy Garvey, member of the asset allocation team at GMO. The US-based investment firm has just slashed its exposure to developed equity markets. -
GlobalCapital spoke to veteran portfolio manager Daniela Mardarovici, who co-heads the multisector and core plus fixed income business at $234bn asset manager Macquarie Investment Management, about the US Federal Reserve's rescue packages, the magic of Boeing's market access, and where to find the bargains in energy, emerging markets and healthcare.
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In the special situations arena there are few situations quite as special as a global pandemic, and few opportunities quite as large for investment firms that manage to navigate the sell-off in corporate credit, bank loans, CLOs and securitizations correctly. GlobalCapital spoke to Dan Zwirn, founder, CEO and CIO of Arena Investors, and a 25 year veteran of distressed debt and special situations investing about buying free volatility, where to play in retail, and why the CLO market has much further to fall.
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The new UK insolvency law, introduced into the British parliament on Wednesday, will allow unconsenting creditor classes, including secured creditors, to be crammed down during a restructuring. This could mean bondholders and banks, rather than landlords, take more of the pain in the coming wave of corporate distress. Hotel chain Travelodge is likely to be one of the first major companies to use the new rules.
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The slowly reopening European high yield market faced another test on Tuesday, following Sappi’s decision to pull its planned issue at the end of last week. Data centre and cable network firm Cogent raised a B3/B- rated add-on in order to pay a dividend. The company is too leveraged already to allow a dividend under its existing bond docs but used a “temporary deleveraging” and escrow structure to work around them.
