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Liquidity event at American manager comes at fraught time for industry
Major sectors in leveraged loans are trading down, making shrewd credit selection vital
Deal could include $950m of bonds
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China’s Suning Financial Services, a subsidiary of home appliance company Suning Holding Group, is tapping the offshore loan market with a $300m borrowing. -
The UK’s so far quixotic response to climate change stands a good chance of becoming more serious and organised, after the government welcomed a bold policy report calling for net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
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ICG’s purchase of Italian generic pharmaceuticals firm DOC Generici is likely to be financed with high yield bonds, according to bankers, once the deal receives regulatory approval. The deal is said to be worth around €1.2bn in total, though ICG has declined to comment at all on the financing structure.
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Global investment banks should be able to withstand stress in the leveraged finance market, according to a Moody’s report published on Tuesday, thanks to lower pipeline limits and smaller deal sizes than pre-crisis. This was borne out during the fourth quarter of last year, when few banks were caught offside despite a slump in loan prices.
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Thomas Mathieson has joined Credit Suisse from NatWest Markets, to head up special situations and loan trading.
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Allegro, the Polish e-commerce platform, is raising Z2bn (€470m) in a dividend recapitalisation, according to bankers. The deal, one of the biggest CEE loans in this year’s pipeline, is being led by three local and international lenders, although some market participants said the Polish banks would be capable of providing all the money.
