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Investors eye 2028, 2031, 2032 as big years for loan maturities
Even leveraged deals still being underwritten, though banks are selective
Liquidity event at American manager comes at fraught time for industry
Major sectors in leveraged loans are trading down, making shrewd credit selection vital
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The financial markets’ stance on climate change has taken a stride forward as 43 asset managers with $23tr of assets including some of the biggest such as BlackRock and Vanguard have joined the Net Zero Asset Managers’ Initiative. A critical mass of investors is now committed to reducing carbon emissions in their portfolios to zero, meaning that companies can be in no doubt which way they have to go if they want to maximise their potential investor base. -
Credit Suisse has hired the former head of Bank of America’s European leveraged finance capital markets, according to an internal memo seen by GlobalCapital.
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The polite world of sustainable finance has collided with the ugly reality of politics in the past week, as open strife has broken out over the European Union’s sustainable finance legislation, especially the Taxonomy. Conservative and progressive elements are battling over a host of issues, above all whether gas power should ever be classed as sustainable, and the validity and even legality of the Taxonomy is being called into question.
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Lufthansa is in talks with a number of banks to raise three year money in a Schuldschein deal, according to several sources familiar with the situation.
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Tricor Holdings, owned by investment firm Permira, has brought a rare dividend recapitalisation deal to Asia’s loan market. Pan Yue reports.
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Douglas, the highly levered beauty retailer, is finding the bond market more receptive than loans to its turnaround refinancing. It has restructured its debt package to switch €330m of secured loans to bonds. The comeback deal appears still on track, though the PIK notes are being marketed at a punchy 9% yield.
