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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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Hot capital markets emphatically supported Casino's opportunistic refinancing this week, a deal that catapulted the troubled supermarket group back into the leveraged credit mainstream. Traditional investors and specialist hedge funds combined to allow lead banks to price the dual tranche deal through the undisturbed levels of Casino’s outstanding debt. Owen Sanderson reports. -
Credit Suisse has hired Deutsche Bank’s head of corporate broking to bolster its senior UK investment banking team.
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Dollar bond sales from India have seen a last minute pick-up before the year-end, with three firms pricing their deals in the past week. Indian companies, like the rest of the region, faced hurdles in accessing offshore funding this year, but bankers are optimistic about 2021. Morgan Davis reports.
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Brian Good, a veteran of leveraged finance investing and a key figure in implementing ESG factors in investing process, is set to leave First Eagle Alternative Credit in early January, according to people familiar with the matter. Good will remain an ESG consultant at the Boston-based credit manager.
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Nick Jansa, former co-head of corporate finance EMEA and co-head of leveraged debt capital markets at Deutsche Bank, is joining Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board as senior managing director in EMEA, running investment activities and portfolio management in the region.
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Patrick Drahi has raised his offer to take Altice Europe private, responding to legal challenges by hedge funds including Lucerne Capital Management. The revised bid increases the company’s valuation by almost €1bn, and translates to paying minority shareholders an extra €700m — meaning yet more debt piled on one of Europe’s largest levfin issuers, which has more than €30bn outstanding already.
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