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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
Deal could include $950m of bonds
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Investors in the leveraged finance market established a new trade body this week, giving them the chance to push back against aggressive covenant terms, and offering an alternative forum to the Association for Financial Markets in Europe, increasingly dominated by the sell side following a mass walk-out by the buy side last year. -
Fitch Ratings has remedied its long lack of a visible response to the rise of environmental, social and governance investing by launching a set of ESG relevance scores.
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Belgian private equity firm Cobepa is funding its acquisition of Scalian, the engineering consultancy, with two French investment banks.
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Anta Sports Products has launched its €2.2bn loan to back the acquisition of Amer Sports Oyj into general syndication, with HSBC joining the bookrunning group.
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Leveraged finance industry bodies are a changin’. The two main trade organisations led by the sell side are set to open talks with a new, more independent investor lobby taking its first steps on Wednesday.
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While leveraged market participants expect loans to maintain their lead over fixed income in volume terms, some underwriters and lawyers believe market fatigue is beginning to make borrowers turn their attention to high yield bonds again.
