Leveraged Loans

  • People moves in brief

    People moves in brief

    HSBC hires Lahham for MENA corporate finance — Lisanti broadens markets role at Citi — Muscatt joins BMO

    13 Feb 2020
  • HSBC appoints Lahham for advisory and coverage

    HSBC appoints Lahham for advisory and coverage

    Nabil Lahham has joined HSBC to head up advisory and corporate finance coverage for the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey. He was most recently at Perella Weinberg Partners.

    13 Feb 2020
  • AutoScout scores strong syndication despite high leverage

    AutoScout scores strong syndication despite high leverage

    The syndication of loans to fund Hellman & Friedman’s carve-out of AutoScout24 has seen strong demand, sufficient to support pricing through the tight end of talk on both tranches. The deal has also been recut to squeeze out a larger first lien, cutting the cost of a deal that is among the most levered public issues seen in Europe since the 2007-08 financial crisis.

    13 Feb 2020
  • UK fiscal splurge cemented as ‘last Mohican’ is ousted

    UK fiscal splurge cemented as ‘last Mohican’ is ousted

    The ousting of Sajid Javid as the UK's chancellor of the exchequer has been interpreted in financial markets as a power grab by prime minister Boris Johnson. Javid's removal is likely to strengthen the government’s bias towards populist economics, “rewriting the Treasury’s fiscal rules”, according to one investor.

    13 Feb 2020

  • High yield in a hiatus — IG minds turn to ESG

    High yield is mostly in a hiatus, with issuers waiting for full year numbers before pushing back into the market. Only UK broadband company TalkTalk is issuing this week, offering a rare slug of sterling supply to a market that has been euro-dominated for most of the year. For the corners of the loan market without such problems, though, there is still a bid, even for credits with stories.

    12 Feb 2020
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