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Sole bookrunner Morgan Stanley gets deal multiple times covered
Trade was oversubscribed in under 20 minutes
In highly concentrated book, top 20 investors take 90%
The relaunched IPO was cancelled after leads attempted to reduce the transaction to around €300m
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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. -
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.
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Debt holders of two insolvent UK speculative grade borrowers, fashion retailer New Look and restaurant chain Prezzo, are considering company voluntary arrangements (CVAs) to allow new property agreements. The result may offer the whole European retail sector a template to stave off what market experts a say risks being a spate of defaults. Victor Jimenez reports.
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A debut trade from Stark Group, the Nordic building materials supplier, gave high yield investors their first chance to invest in single-B rated bonds in about a month. The deal announcement arrived while market participants were still assessing the victory of Eurosceptic parties in the weekend's general election in Italy.
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On Friday, Unilever Spreads released guidance for its €4.6bn equivalent loan to fund its acquisition by KKR. French telecoms infrastructure group Circet also launched a smaller deal, a €570m loan package for its buyout by Advent. But investor demand isn't satisfied yet, say some market participants.
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Euro high yield bond buyers have been offered €3.5bn of double-B rated new deals since borrowers returned after the mid-February break caused by volatility in US equity markets. But lower rated paper is on its way.
