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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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Jefferies has taken two more bankers from Citi’s EMEA CLO operation to join former syndicate head Laura Coady in setting up a primary CLO team and overhauling its European securitized products business.
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Chemicals firm Synthomer is marketing a €520m five year non-call two bond to take out the bridge financing for its purchase of US firm Omnova, announced last July and completed in April. The company’s last outing in high yield ended in failure in 2018, and some bond buyers see chemicals as a cyclical sector to avoid, but market conditions are strong following the US Federal Reserve's opening of individual bond purchases overnight.
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A third of the top 50 corporate bond issuers are among companies that investors have named and shamed for not disclosing adequately through the CDP reporting platform about the environmental risks they face as bondholders grow more engaged alongside shareholders in pushing for this information.
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Chinese online marketplace 58.com has received a $3.5bn loan from Shanghai Pudong Development Bank to support its take-private.
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The strong response from banks to Charoen Pokphand Group’s acquisition-related loan is not a true reflection of conditions in Asia’s syndications market — despite what some may say.
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The coronavirus pandemic has catapulted capital markets forward in time. Things thought impossible have come about — above all, a sustained flow of credit through a harsh economic downturn. But are the markets heading for utopia or dystopia?
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