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The leveraged finance market suffered an unpleasant shock this week, when $5.6bn of loans and bonds for the Carlyle Group’s acquisition of Veritas Software had to be pulled. Bankers were left blaming market sentiment, an aggressive structure — and each other, write Max Bower and Victor Jimenez. -
Avago Technologies, the US semiconductor components maker, has increased the €500m tranche of its term loan ‘B’ to €900m on strong demand, in another sign of the European leveraged loan market’s competitiveness.
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Bankers and investors on Wednesday said the failure of Veritas Technologies' $2.5bn bond deal — which was pulled along with an accompanying $3.3bn loan package on Tuesday — showed evidence of familiar weaknesses and errors in the European high yield market.
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UBS has further strengthened its leveraged finance business, hiring an ex-Credit Suisse banker for a new role focusing on private equity and corporate clients.
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Veritas Technologies, the Californian data storage company, has increased its high yield bond issue to make up for a disappointing loan financing. But initial price talk has yet to emerge.
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Avago Technologies, the electronics components manufacturer, has commitments due today at 12pm London time for a new €500m term loan ‘B’ for its $37bn sponsor-backed acquisition of Broadcom Corp.
