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A $390m loan backing CVC Capital Partners’ acquisition of Myanmar’s Irrawaddy Green Towers (IGT) was abruptly put on hold this week after political turmoil rocked the country following a military coup. Pan Yue reports. -
Great Point Entertainment Income Trust, a UK investment trust engaged in film financing, launched a £200m ($273.54m) IPO on the London Stock Exchange on Wednesday.
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Barclays has launched an €840m loan that forms the initial buy-out debt funding the takeover of UK supermarket chain Asda by the Issa brothers and TDR Capital. The bulk of the £3.5bn debt stack will follow in bond formats, with £2.25bn of senior secured and £500m of unsecured notes on offer.
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Indonesia’s Adaro Energy has sent out a request for proposals for a $400m loan to meet its refinancing needs.
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The extraordinary price action in GameStop, AMC Entertainment and others' shares last week is surely leading nervous CFOs all over the world to get an at-the-money rights issue signed off, in case they win the attention of Reddit's WallStreetBets crowd and can raise equity at giddy multiples. But this is like hoping for a winning lottery ticket. For firms in the most Covid-addled sectors, a private approach will be their best shot at financing a turnaround.
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Cairn Capital, the alternative credit asset management firm in which Mediobanca has a majority stake, has agreed a deal to buy and merge with Bybrook Capital.
