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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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In 2016, blockchain went from a buzzword to a ‘must have’ in financial markets, as seemingly every bank and exchange invested in projects and proofs-of-concept. But with so many asset classes having been promised big gains, 2017 begins with a dose of realism about the limits of the technology — and the challenges it poses for regulators. Dan Alderson reports. -
The UK’s decision to leave the European Union cast extreme uncertainty over the economy, the values and even the unity of the country. Its ramifications for domestic companies’ financing capabilities has been both more obvious and more benign, however. Max Bower reports.
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Will 2017 be a year for new conquests in the European leveraged finance markets? No one believes so. Rather, there will be a tug of war between high yield bonds and loans for issuance, better funding costs and investors’ cash. Victor Jimenez and Max Bower report.
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Hong Kong-listed Longfor Properties has sealed a Rmb3bn ($431m) fundraising with a Chinese bank at the helm.
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Apax Partners closed its ninth fund at a hard cap of $9bn this week, as the private equity community adds to its record amounts of dry powder amid difficult buyout conditions.
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Wanda Commercial Properties Hong Kong is due to sign a syndicated loan facility at $487.5m, slightly lower than the launch size of $500m. But a few more banks that were unable to make the deadline are expected to come in later, which will allow the company to boost the deal size.
