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◆ Schaeffler attracts €5.8bn peak book… ◆ …while SPIE finds €2.8bn of orders ◆ Strong demand allows for strong price moves
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
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  • Banks have been building their financial sponsor coverage teams on a record period of deal making. Now they have a different fight on their hands, but bankers are playing down the threat of a 2008-style meltdown, writes David Rothnie.
  • Synthetic risk transfer deals from Deutsche Bank, Santander and Standard Chartered have been seen changing hands, as certain credit funds look to free up cash by selling assets that have drastically outperformed equity and junior debt in leveraged loan CLOs. Risk transfer deals are often bilateral and privately negotiated, with little or no public reporting, and usually held to maturity by the specialist funds that buy them.
  • Several investors have told GlobalCapital of their concern for the outlook of UK universities as borrowers. They worry that the spread of coronavirus will hit revenues, lower the demand from international students and may in the end hasten a shift towards remote learning.
  • Christopher Mallon has joined Lazard’s financial advisory team as a senior adviser concentrating on global restructuring, at a time when that line of business is likely to become very busy.
  • Chinese hotel company Huazhu Group, previously known as China Lodging Group, is asking lenders’ consent to waive some of the financial covenants on a recent syndicated loan.
  • Insolvency and restructuring practitioners have been catapulted into an unprecedented whirlwind of activity by the coronavirus, as even healthy companies suddenly find themselves staring over a financial precipice. In the UK, the government will change insolvency rules to ease these situations, but specialists believe there is more to be gained by using existing laws better.
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