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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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MUFG has hired two directors in its leveraged finance team in London, following the appointment of a new head of loan syndications last year.
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The Universities Superannuation Scheme, one of the UK’s largest pension schemes, has bought most of $3.1bn of senior loans to direct lenders from Credit Suisse, a first in a market which promises growth as institutional funds look for more esoteric products to find yield.
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Corporate bond issuers are still coming to the euro market, but at a slower pace than in the past fortnight — perhaps a good thing, as signs of indigestion began to creep into the secondary market last week, and some new issues traded weakly.
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Indomobil Finance Indonesia has increased the size of its latest syndicated loan to $250m from the initial $100m, keeping with its tradition of absorbing demand rather than heavily scaling back participants.
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VodafoneZiggo obtained the go-ahead from leveraged loan investors on Tuesday to increase the size of its refinancing deal by more than €2bn while cutting margins.
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General syndication has begun on loan facilities backing Mid Europa Partners’ acquisition of Romanian retail chain Profi Rom Food.