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LevFin Leveraged Loans

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  • Solera, the US insurance claims processor, held bank meetings on Tuesday in New York and Wednesday in London for a $1.9bn term loan ‘B’, backing its $6.5bn acquisition by Vista Equity Partners.
  • The European Central Bank will publish its leveraged lending guidelines in the next three to six months, firming up the informal guidance it sends to banks directly.
  • Kion, the Ba2/BB+ rated German industrial truck manufacturer, has agreed a €1.5bn refinancing facility with 'investment grade style features' through a club deal with 13 relationship banks.
  • One more bank has joined the top group for a loan for Tata Power subsidiary Bhira Investments. The borrower had initially shortlisted six lenders for the facility to refinance a $460m loan it wrapped up in October 2014.
  • Credit Suisse’s numbers were ugly, whichever way you slice them — a loss of Sfr6.4bn ($6.44bn), shares down 11%, bonuses down 36%. Even after “adjustments”, the bank still lost Sfr420m in its core businesses.
  • The prospect of a huge financing package to back ChemChina’s $43bn acquisition of Syngenta has left bankers guessing how the two banks arranging the funding are going to structure and distribute the debt, especially as the lenders are working under separate mandates. Despite their size, the loans are expected to be well supported thanks to abundant liquidity in Europe and the target’s strong credentials, writes Shruti Chaturvedi.