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Liquidity event at American manager comes at fraught time for industry
No one is sure when AI's threat will strike, or where
Major sectors in leveraged loans are trading down, making shrewd credit selection vital
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Aluminium company Novelis, a subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Aditya Birla, has issued its debut green bond, a €500m eight year non-call three to refinance part of its term loans signed in 2017.
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Tricor Holdings, owned by investment firm Permira, has brought a rare dividend recapitalisation deal to Asia’s loan market. Pan Yue reports.
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Slowing dollar bond supply from Chinese property companies got a further blow this week after Yuzhou Group Holdings was hit with a downgrade, triggering a slump in the secondary market. With more disruptions expected, and as liquidity pressure on real estate firms rises, a repricing of the sector may be on the cards. Morgan Davis reports.
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CLO managers have begun to reset their Covid-era deals, slashing liability costs, as illustrated by AGL Credit Management, which shaved 114bp off the margin of a senior tranche originally priced in April 2020.
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Douglas, the highly levered beauty retailer, is finding the bond market more receptive than loans to its turnaround refinancing. It has restructured its debt package to switch €330m of secured loans to bonds. The comeback deal appears still on track, though the PIK notes are being marketed at a punchy 9% yield.
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More than one in 10 European companies had to renegotiate covenant waivers on loans to offset a collapse in earnings from the pandemic, and loans bankers say they are still getting requests from borrowers to amend terms.
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