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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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Outrage has erupted among US progressives at efforts from the private equity industry to ensure their portfolio companies get a piece of government support for corporates. The buyout barons don’t do much to endear themselves to the public, but sponsor funds are just another legal vehicle for owning equity — and there’s no point punishing a company for its owners. -
Private equity funds are considering how to support their portfolio companies with cash injections or rescue financings, with some sponsors turning to a select group of specialist buyers still willing to lend money against the right structure.
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Banks financing KKR’s £4.2bn purchase of waste management firm Viridor from Pennon were able to demonstrate certainty and deliverability of the financing for the deal to the Pennon board, despite chaotic markets which have seen rapid plunges in the prices of leveraged loans and high yield bonds.
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CapVest has cancelled the planned sale of Curium Pharma, as market conditions wrecked the investment appetite of the three final round bidders and banks cut financing commitments. It was one of the larger M&A financings slated for syndication in the second quarter, but with the Crossover index now trading over 650bp, compared with close to 200bp when first round bids were due, the three sponsors in the final round would have struggled to get a deal away.
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The leveraged loan market has taken a leg wider as coronavirus fears sweep the capital markets. But the primary markets are sucking up the larger discounts and fatter margins and forging ahead, with Polynt-Reichold, Genesis Care, and Inspired Education pressing on and printing deals this week.
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Pollen Street Capital and the board of an investment trust it advises are locked in a fight over the potential sale of the investment trust to Waterfall Asset Management, with the board describing Pollen Street’s data room as “of no meaningful use whatsoever and a complete waste of time”.
