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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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Altice is hoping to write high yield bond history. The telecoms investment group controlled by Patrick Drahi has announced plans to sell a total of €10.2bn of bonds to support its acquisition of Vivendi's mobile phone unit SFR. The deal would be the largest high yield bond transaction by a European issuer ever. -
The Stobart Group - the haulage firm famous across the UK for its liveried lorries - is selling a 51% stake in its transport and distribution unit to private equity firm Douglas Bay, and the unit is seeking a £160m loan for the deal.
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Trade buyer Symrise has overtaken private equity bidders in the takeover battle for French food firm Diana Ingredients, leading to speculation that the buyout debt could be done as a corporate rather than a leveraged financing.
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Less than a year after its buyout by private equity firm Rhone Capital, Eden Springs wants to sell a high yield bond to repay debt and partially repay shareholder loans.
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Monier has sold its €565m of bonds and loans in floating rate products only. The French roof tile maker priced €315m of high yield FRNs and €250m of term loans and scrapped a fixed rate bond tranche, even though fixed rate interest would have been marginally cheaper.
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GHD has sold its high yield bond debut at the tight end of guidance. The £165m bond for the maker of hair straighteners and associated products follows a trend for smaller issue sizes.
