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Even leveraged deals still being underwritten, though banks are selective
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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The European Central Bank has laid out its plans to regulate leveraged lending at banks it supervises, a move that could curb aggressive deal structures and give banks a way to resist pressure for low lending standards from their private equity clients. -
New issues are coming at a relentless pace in the European corporate bond market, despite an increasingly uncertain medium term outlook for rates and spreads. Issuers are hitting the market with the same force as during the bull run between March and September.
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Several slated buyout transactions now have loans in the market, yet few investors are upbeat on the immediate prospects for a return to higher yields and fairer values.
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Syndicated loans bankers in Asia had braced themselves for a rough 2016, hurt by clients’ preference for cheaper, local currency options. But as the year wraps up, adversity has pushed loans houses to innovate by finding opportunities outside their comfort zones and tapping into new sources of liquidity.
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Michael Sherwood, co-CEO of Goldman Sachs International since 2005 and probably the most senior and highest profile investment banker in London, announced his retirement from the firm on Monday, after 30 years at the bank.
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The repricing trend in the leveraged loan market is continuing, undisturbed by the onset of new money offerings, with many of the latest deals cutting costs and underpinning large dividend recapitalisations.
