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Specialist moves after 18 years in the market
New dangers are making deals harder to do, but pricing for the haves is still tight
Manager refinances 2023 deal, reset in 2024
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Wells Fargo analysts are predicting a decline of up to 20% in US CLO issuance in 2020, as demand for floating rate products wanes and new issue arbitrage poses a challenge for managers. -
Beauty-focused e-commerce company The Hut Group (THG) is building up its war chest with a £510m-equivalent Term Loan B issue. The fully underwritten issue will test the investors’ interest in the sprawling, privately-held company with ambitions in both online stores and tech services, with risky side trips to real estate.
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Permira Debt Manager’s Credit Solutions II fund, a direct lending fund raised in 2015, underlined the risk of concentration in private debt funds, thanks to a sharp downgrade of the fund’s largest exposure, making up 17% of its assets.
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Direct lending funds have raised more money than ever this year, and are writing ever bigger cheques in the sort of investments usually done by broad syndication. However, in all but a handful of cases, syndicated financing is the better option.
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Zhongrong Xinda Group, based in China’s Shangdong province, has been downgraded to CCC- for rising bond refinancing risk. The company is one of a number of firms from the same province facing financial pressure.
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Swedish heating and ventilation service provider Assemblin is braving the euro-denominated high yield market for the first time with €250m bond issue, used for refinancing and dividends. Exceptionally favourable conditions lured Triton-backed Assemblin to try its hand with international investors.
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