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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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Taiwan’s GaleMed Corp is tapping the loan market for a $70m-equivalent dual-currency deal for refinancing debt and dividend recapitalisation.
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CLO specialist at Penn Mutual Asset Management Jason Merrill was fired on January 7 after eight years with the firm, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Plastics packaging firm Klöckner Pentaplast (KP) has included an ESG margin ratchet in the loan leg of a refinancing, the first time this has been added to a dollar-denominated loan, though the structure is becoming increasingly common in euros.
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UK broadband company TalkTalk sold an add-on to its existing high yield notes this week, raising new term debt to pay down its revolver. The company is subject to a takeover bid from Toscafund and Penta Capital, which will leave its existing bonds in place, but grant them security, as well as layering in extra leverage with a PIK toggle from Ares.
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Hellman & Friedman refinanced the capital structure of portfolio company TeamSystem this week as it moved ownership between funds. H&F recently completed a similar transfer of its Verisure holding but, unlike that switch, this move isn’t accompanied by a monster dividend payment to the new fund, although the TeamSystem deal still boosts leverage.
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Trafigura returned to the bond market in euros this week, having been absent since 2015. The commodities trading giant is diversifying its access to funding and is also producing its debut Schuldschein issue alongside the €400m bond.
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