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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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  • Indian issuers thronged the offshore bond market this year, with volumes from the country easily beating 2018 numbers. But cracks in the market have started to show. While deal flow will be strong in 2020, concerns around the health of the financial sector and the changing status of state-owned enterprises are keeping investors on edge. Morgan Davis reports.
  • Dongying Fangyuan Nonferrous Metals and Dongying Lufang Metals Material have stopped the syndication of a $300m loan.
  • Chinese state-owned commodities trader Tewoo Group has announced the final results of its offshore debt restructuring, with investors accepting losses on their principals or facing delayed repayments up to 2039.
  • The percentage of single-B minus rated loans from technology issuers has reached the highest point in the last four years, according to S&P Global Ratings.
  • Increasingly divisive and unpredictable UK politics is threatening the favourable conditions on which private equity firms and the leveraged finance industry have relied during the post-crisis years. Most levfin bankers and PE partners breathed a great sigh of relief on Friday morning, when the risk of a Jeremy Corbyn-led government dissipated and no deal Brexit became far-fetched — but uncertainty over Brexit remains. Karoliina Liimatainen reports.
  • Struggling Swiss steelmaker Schmolz + Bickenbach has launched an emergency rights issue after the Swiss market regulator FINMA approved it on Monday.
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