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Direct lenders take the initiative as banks step back
In recent weeks, private credit and direct lenders have brought more certainty to borrowers as capital markets were roiled by tariff chaos
Banks already working on deals in the industrials and chemicals sectors
As Ares raises the largest direct lending fund, Goldman Sachs reorganises to serve the trend
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Finnish packaging firm Powerflute held bank meetings in London on Thursday afternoon for its €315m loan package backing its acquisition by Madison Dearborn Partners, as the LBO pipeline in Europe builds. -
Flakt Woods, the Swedish air conditioner supplier, allocated its €300m buyout term loan on Wednesday, at notably wider pricing than most other deals in the market of late.
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The recent surge of primary action in European high yield suffered a blow on Monday when Verallia pulled its €500m pay-if-you-can (PIYC) bond. But the market trotted on and kept its momentum.
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Bridgepoint-owned Pret A Manger and Civen-owned Ufinet both allocated dividend recapitalisations on Thursday, while another Bridgepoint-owned firm, Element Materials, released price talk on a proposed repricing of its buyout loans signed only in February.
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German film packaging manufacturer Klockner Pentaplast launched a $1.05bn-equivalent loan refinancing with a lender call on Wednesday afternoon as it looks to tap into the trend of tightening prices.
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Euro Garages has launched €1.16bn of new loan facilities with a bank meeting on Thursday as it moves toward merging with European Forecourt Retail.
