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A slow destruction of misallocated investment is more likely than a sudden stop
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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CIFC Asset Management, one of the largest CLO managers in the world, has recently turned its attention to Europe, with the hire of Joshua Hughes to start marketing and fundraising for European loan investments. It is planning to build out the business in the coming months with more London-based hires, including a senior investment professional to lead that side of the business — but it’s not diving headfirst into the increasingly crowded European CLO market. -
The Bank of England this week laid out its plan to build reliable term rates from the sterling overnight interbank average rate (Sonia) that it has chosen to replace Libor, recommending that overnight index swaps on the rate be traded on venue.
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A move is under way to broaden the idea of Science-Based Targets — one of the most ambitious wings of the business world’s fight against climate change — to take in other ‘planetary boundaries’ such as fresh water and land.
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Natixis will soon embark on an experiment that may be the first of its kind — introducing a green weighting factor to its internal economic capital model, to tilt incentives for its bankers in favour of green loans and away from ‘brown’ ones.
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Corporate fundamentals paint a rosy picture of the health of US leveraged finance markets, but investors are getting complacent given the erosion of creditor protections and the rumbling threat of trade wars, wrote Guggenheim analysts on Wednesday.
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The deal pipeline is growing heavier in the European leveraged finance markets, as borrowers adjust to wider yet not prohibitive pricing. But buyers of speculative grade debt also have their eyes on stronger documentation.
