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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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The loan market’s trade bodies are preparing to give new guidance about how to ensure sustainability-linked loans — in which borrowers can get a margin reduction if they hit sustainability targets — are genuinely “ambitious”. Bankers want to protect the market from rising concerns that some deals’ terms are too easy on the borrowers. -
Norwegian oil exploration and production company Aker BP took advantage of its second investment grade rating, out of three, received in November, to position itself as an investment grade issuer and print a dual tranche five and 10 year deal this week.
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Kentucky-based speciality chemicals company Ashland sold a €500m eight year non-call life unsecured high yield issue on Thursday, bringing European high yield's first proper deal of the year, as part of its efforts to clean up its capital structure and switch to an unsecured financing profile.
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Altice International jumped at this week’s strong market conditions, launching a €2.8bn-equivalent refinancing, hitting the lowest ever coupon level for the telecoms group and saving itself €187m in annual interest. The strong execution, with a size increase and performance in the aftermarket, shows a market wide open for other well-followed high yield names looking for a refinancing opportunity.
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Funding Circle picks up former securitization syndicator — Campbell moves from HSBC to RBC — Long-time DCM banker turns up at Aramco
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The European CLO market is marking the new year by bracing itself for a series of corporate downgrades. Ellington, a US CLO manager, has been sounding out the European market about bringing an ‘enhanced CLO’ in the first half of the year, which would allow for up to 50% of the portfolio to be debt rated triple-C or below, a far cry from the standard 7.5%.
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