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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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  • Intrum’s share price dropped sharply this week after short seller Muddy Waters disclosed it was betting against the firm’s stock price. The debt purchasing sector has been a popular target for short sellers for years, but the impact of coronavirus and associated measures is a further heavy blow.
  • BBC Commercial Holdings, a commercial subsidiary of the BBC that produces and sells content to other broadcasters across the world, has decided to delay a £170m debt refinancing in the US private placement market, according to market sources, as bankers struggle to cope with price discovery.
  • Cuts made to senior staff in the debt markets are coming home to roost now that the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are coming to bear on loans and private placements. Old hands that navigated the previous crises are in short supply as borrowers and investors look to implement deal amendments to cope with a coming recession.
  • Indian banks and corporations hoping to fund in the offshore loan market were already facing difficult questions, following a wide-ranging clean-up of the country’s financial system. They are now facing a worse problem: the spread of Covid-19.
  • These are testing times for corporations around the world as they find ways to navigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on their businesses and debt profiles. Now more than ever, transparency from borrowers is absolutely key.
  • S&P Global Ratings said on Monday that it has placed 25 tranches from 15 CLOs with high exposure to energy sector obligors on ratings watch negative.
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