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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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Chinese property developer Country Garden is in the process of finalising the bookrunner group for a $1.5bn loan, with bankers already confident the deal will see strong interest from lenders. -
CLO managers are in talks with banks in hopes of opening new warehouses in coming weeks, paving the way for a new wave of post-Covid CLO issuance — though firms will be emerging into a markedly more difficult environment, sources say.
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ThyssenKrupp Elevator (TKE) is a deal of superlatives: the largest European high yield debut, the largest European LBO in over a decade, the last LBO before coronavirus, the most levered debut industrial, and the worst-ever covenant package — or at least, it was at first. Three days after launching the bond leg of the deal, the sponsors and leads capitulated, erasing almost every controversial term in the docs — perhaps the largest ever retreat and the biggest investor victory in the long-running war over bond covenants. But it’s too soon for investors to celebrate, as the episode only highlights how damaging this conflict has become.
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First time CLO issuers in Europe are seeing little to no premium on their market debuts, with AlbaCore’s market debut pricing its senior notes inside Investcorp’s 24th deal and the second issue from MacKay Shields. This follows strong debuts from CBAM Europe and BlueBay, which also printed inside or in line with more established issuers — though lower leverage may have helped.
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Morgan Stanley has hired Alessandro Mazza as a managing director in its leveraged finance business in Europe.
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The UK’s new insolvency law came into force on Friday, and lawyers have been spending the weekend picking through its 250 pages to understand the implications. While some have welcomed it, others pointed out that in its haste to push it through Parliament, the government has introduced several changes that skew the balance between various kinds of lenders which hitherto had been treated equally.
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