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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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Invitations are out for a $235m triple tranche loan for private equity firm Partners Group’s acquisition of business process outsourcing company SPi Global. -
Lenders that worked on a HK$4.851bn ($622m) leveraged buyout loan to support MBK Partners and TPG Capital’s acquisition of telecom firm Wharf T&T have thrown their weight behind the same sponsors for a potential bid for Hutchison Global Communications, said bankers.
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At a panel discussion this week, a partner at Cinven said investors should trust sponsors to act responsibly, despite protection for debt investors disappearing in deal documentation.
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VFS Global, the visa and passport services division of Kuoni, allocated its euro and sterling loan refinancing package this week, after increasing the euro offering and tightening pricing on both tranches.
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Panama severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan this week in favour of supporting China, leaving syndicated loans bankers in Taiwan divided about how the move will affect their business, as several Panamanian institutions have tapped Taiwanese bank liquidity for funds in the past. Shruti Chaturvedi reports.
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Dutch musical theatre group Stage Entertainment, producer of shows including The Lion King and Mamma Mia!, debuted in the leveraged finance market this week for a €355m term loan to pay a dividend recapitalisation to sponsor CVC, after the latter’s majority investment in the firm in 2015 was unusually an all equity deal.
