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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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Three Taiwanese companies are testing bank appetite for new loans, as slow deal flow this year gives them enough ‘bargaining power’ to raise funds at thin margins and fees. -
Hugh Hendry, the outspoken founder of former macro hedge fund Eclectica Asset Management, told GlobalCapital he sees no evidence for the re-emergence of global macro as a broad and viable investment strategy. Were volatility to rise again, Hendry says he may well get back into the financial fray but the likelihood of that is vanishingly slim.
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BNP Paribas has provided term loans to Altice Europe, whose founder Patrick Drahi has offered to buy €2.5bn of the shares he doesn't already own to take the French telecoms group private.
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Virgin Media started the autumn session in European leveraged finance in style with a five part offering to raise the cash for its joint venture with Telefónica’s O2 unit. The deal underscores how far capital markets have come since the dark days of April, when the £30bn ($38.9bn) mega merger was backed by an investment grade loan to insulate the tie-up from the effects of a prolonged downturn in leveraged credit, reports Owen Sanderson.
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A year on from the closure of its flow equity trading business, Deutsche Bank’s investment bank is back in a bullish mood after performing well during the first stage of the coronavirus crisis.
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KKR-owned vending machine company Selecta was one of the first companies to have its owner inject super-senior ‘priming’ debt once the Covid crisis hit, pushing bondholders down the capital structure. But in its restructuring package laid out on Tuesday, KKR reversed this aggressive move, offering a creditor-friendly proposal that sent the bonds up 11 points.
