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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
Sole bookrunner Morgan Stanley gets deal multiple times covered
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Axiom Alternative Investments has launched a new long/short global high yield fund, following the hire of Gilles Frisch as a portfolio manager last year, targeting the opportunities that will come through at the end of this credit cycle. -
The European Leveraged Finance Association has called for better transparency in high yield covenant packages, arguing that clarity is crucial for pricing risk. The call comes shortly after one of the largest covenant climb-downs in recent market history, when lead banks on ThyssenKrupp Elevator stripped many of the most controversial terms from the €8bn financing.
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High yield bond issuance is coming thick and fast in Europe, with new deals for Autodis, Avantor and Diebold Nixdorf announced on Tuesday and Verisure following on Wednesday. Banks have cleared most of their pre-Covid bridge books, and the summer break is nearly here, giving issuers wanting to lock in a refinancing a short window to hit.
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Swedish alarm firm Verisure is preparing a €1bn refinancing, underlining the move in the leveraged credit market from the tough days of March and April to firmer territory where sponsors can optimise capital structures, not just hang on for liquidity at any price.
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Bitė, a mobile, broadband and pay TV firm in the Baltic region and a portfolio company of Providence Private Equity, is prepping a dividend recap and refinancing of its whole capital structure, funded by a dual tranche high yield bond offering. This marks the company’s return to bond markets after nearly five years financed through loans.
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The huge demand seen for ThyssenKrupp Elevator’s buyout financing, the largest bridge loan left on banks’ books through the Covid-19 crisis, should reassure credit committees and capital markets operators that the LBO market is wide open again, for the right business. Owen Sanderson reports.
