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LBO financing includes $5.75bn term loan to be priced early next week
Investors eye 2028, 2031, 2032 as big years for loan maturities
Even leveraged deals still being underwritten, though banks are selective
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China’s Zhongyu Gas Holdings has launched a $300m refinancing loan into general syndication. -
The Ministry of Finance of the Lao PDR has returned to the loan market for a new financing of $50m.
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KKR, Cinven and Providence Private Equity have launched the first post-Covid take-private LBO attempt, targeting Spanish telecommunications company MasMovil with a €3bn takeover offer at €22.50 a share, giving the company an enterprise value of around €5bn. Barclays, BNP Paribas and Morgan Stanley have underwritten the financing for the buyout.
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Asia’s loan market is slowly recovering from a near-shutdown due to Covid-19, with bankers predicting a busy couple of months ahead. But syndication will still be a challenge as lenders continue to remain risk-averse and selective on deals.
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Neoen, the French solar and wind energy producer, has issued the first green convertible bond in Europe — and investors’ eager reception of the deal suggests these instruments could be as popular in the equity-linked market as they have become in the straight bond market.
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Tendam, a fashion retailer, is the latest Spanish company to get syndicated loan backing from state-owned Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO), as sectors hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic lean on state support.
