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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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French supermarket group Casino has announced a €1.5bn asset disposal plan, which should take pressure of holding company Rallye’s bonds. The asset sales are an attempt to deleverage amid sharp volatility in the company’s shares.
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French banks will have to comply with a countercyclical capital buffer requirement as a means of promoting financial stability amid a rapid increase in corporate debt levels.
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Singapore’s Wilmar International has raised a $200m sustainability-linked loan, the second of its kind from the agribusiness company in seven months.
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Medical diagnostics firm Unilabs launched a benchmark size extension of its loan debt on Monday, as a range of investors clamour for paper despite issuance volumes running ahead of last year’s record pace.
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A new proposed European Parliament and Council directive aimed at non-EU lenders and non-bank institutions will cause “significant uncertainty and disruption” to the primary and secondary syndicated loan markets, the Loan Market Association has warned.
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The iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond exchange traded fund (SYHG), which tracks short dated US high yield credit, has unwound almost 40% of its asset base in the last week and a half after investor Charles Schwab pulled its money to put into another high yield fund.