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Bot claims funding is ‘cheaper than peers who borrow from independent banks or credit funds’
Innovation and ambition have been hallmarks of mergers and acquisitions activity this year, but there are some signs of weakness in private equity
A slow destruction of misallocated investment is more likely than a sudden stop
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Lone Star is refinancing and pricing the debt incurred for its buyout of BASF Construction Chemicals, one of the bridges hung during the first peak of the Covid crisis a year ago. The original deal required creativity to cross the line, plus a hefty private placement with GSO. Now, however, it looks set to slice up to 100bp off the euro margin, and more from the GSO deal. -
Short sellers get a lot of stick, whether it is Elon Musk taunting them, an army of Redditors squeezing them or the corporations they target otherwise harassing, suing and investigating them. But they play a vital part in capital markets, as underlined by the Greensill affair — where the finance firm’s private status meant that for too long it could hide from the accountability that short sellers can help deliver.
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Real estate developer China Aoyuan Group has closed a $225m-equivalent dual currency loan with nine banks in the syndicate.
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Danish credit asset management boutique Capital Four is expanding in the US and has hired former MidOcean CLO portfolio manager Jim Wiant to establish and lead the US business. Wiant has been appointed CEO of US Capital Four and portfolio manager. He will be based in the New York office.
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After a couple of weeks of sluggish issuance during earnings season, there were three new European high yield bond mandates on Monday, including an innovative sustainability-linked issue from Greece’s Public Power Corporation — a step forward for the structure, which has been slow to catch on in the HY market.
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Aluminium producer China Hongqiao Group has returned to the loan market for a $200m borrowing.
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