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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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Asia’s leveraged finance bankers started the year hopeful that volumes would pick up. However, US regulators have already undermined those hopes, blocking Ant Financial’s high-profile acquisition of local firm MoneyGram, calling into question the chances of further outbound deals from China. Shruti Chaturvedi reports.
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Economic conditions are ripe for the mergers and acquisitions that drive capital markets. Into this mix comes a potential US tax reform more radical than any for decades. This is bound to tilt boardroom decisions about strategy — if nothing else, US CEOs could suddenly have more cash back at HQ than they know what to do with. Jon Hay and Sam Kerr report.
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Refresco’s $1.25bn acquisition of Cott’s drinks bottling business raises monopoly concerns, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said this week. But market sources see a quick fix ahead.
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Citi finished 2017 in its highest ever position in the EMEA league tables, leading from the front in ECM. David Rothnie asks whether it can topple JP Morgan.
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South African telecommunications company MTN Group is holding a non-deal roadshow in Taipei this month.
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India’s Tata Steel has issued indicative pricing for a borrowing totalling $2.15bn, which will mainly refinance debt at its Singaporean and Dutch units.