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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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Funding for leveraged buyouts in the European primary high yield market gained further share of overall issuance this week, as specialty car parts maker LKQ of Chicago sold a €1bn bond for its acquisition of German peer Stahlgruber. -
Italian business software vendor TeamSystem returned to the public bond market to refinance a floating rate note it placed privately in 2016, as high yield fund managers increase their demand for floating rate debt this year.
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Swissport, the aviation services group, this week launched a €325m add-on to its euro leveraged loan to finance its acquisition of Aerocare, a peer based in Australia.
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UK-based 3i Group has added three people to its office in Amsterdam and one in New York, all in its private equity team, as it plans to boost business in its core markets.
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Private equity firm CVC and local investor Alba are funding their €3.8bn acquisition of 201m shares in Gas Natural, the energy group, with a €1.9bn loan, which is set to become one of the largest Spanish financial deals of the year.
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Demand for speculative grade debt took different directions in the European leveraged finance markets this week. The primary high yield bond market may be showing signs of investor stress, but leveraged loan investors are gulping down big deals at tight margins.
