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Record fundraising in 2025 has left private lenders fighting for deals
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Asia’s leveraged buyout loan market is facing a setback after a planned financing to back the acquisition of Mphasis, an Indian IT services firm, was scrapped as discussions between the buyer and seller fell through. -
China Hongqiao Group and Guangdong Lingyi iTech Manufacturing Co are seeking loans worth a total of $350m.
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In one of the first pieces of public research on the nascent direct lending asset class in Europe, a report from Oxford University’s Saïd Business School has found that it could grow assets under management by as much as 50% in the medium term, owing to banks retreating from the mid-market and investors looking for higher yields from credit.
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WH Smith, the UK high street retailer, has extended its bank term credit lines and cancelled a crisis liquidity facility, as the borrower posted better than expected trading figures since the start of the year.
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China’s Guangdong Lingyi iTech Manufacturing Co, a company focused on making magnetic materials, electric motors and electric wires for automobiles, computers and mobile phones, has hit the market for a $150m loan.
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Lone Star is refinancing and pricing the debt incurred for its buyout of BASF Construction Chemicals, one of the bridges hung during the first peak of the Covid crisis a year ago. The original deal required creativity to cross the line, plus a hefty private placement with GSO. Now, however, it looks set to slice up to 100bp off the euro margin, and more from the GSO deal.
