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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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Pan-European car park operator Apcoa has released price guidance at 450bp with a 0% floor on its €325m seven year term loan ‘B’, a deal that follows a restructuring in 2015 that led to distressed debt investor Centerbridge taking over the firm.
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Commerzbank has chosen a new head of its UK corporate banking operation and a new head of international loan origination as part of a reshuffle of senior bankers.
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The corporate bond market is picking up momentum again, with almost €3.5bn of debt printed already this week, and investors say issuance can continue apace if Europe’s economies continue to improve.
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CVC has agreed to buy Polish retailer Żabka Polska from Mid Europa Partners, in what the latter says is the largest private equity exit in Poland to date.
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KKR has agreed to buy up to a 40% share in Telefónica’s telecoms infrastructure division Telxius for €1.275bn, adding further to a growing buyout pipeline in Europe.
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The successful placement of an outbound acquisition financing for Indian company Intas Pharmaceuticals has put the spotlight on rules barring Indian banks from supporting local M&A. Intas’s loan has demonstrated that the country’s lenders are well positioned to structure and distribute complex deals with cross-border elements. It’s time for the regulator to rethink rules on domestic transactions.