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The era of pure-play private equity is over. Banks are pulling different divisions together to serve the complex needs of global asset managers
Specialist moves after 18 years in the market
New dangers are making deals harder to do, but pricing for the haves is still tight
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Shandong Qingyuan Group Co, a Chinese petrochemical company, has made a quick return to the loan market with a $750m syndicated facility, six months after closing a club deal.
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Heavy bond supply last week from Chinese property developers took a toll on Fantasia Holdings Group Co, which failed to tighten pricing on a $200m bond on Monday. But China Hongqiao Group, an aluminium maker, found solid response from investors due to a lack of issuance from industrial credits.
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Allen & Overy has added a partner to the firm’s leveraged finance practice in New York.
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Andrew Bailey, CEO of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, said on Monday that progress was needed in the next “year or so” in moving the loan market away from Libor. He added that the consent solicitation undertaken by Associated British Ports to switch an FRN to Sonia was a model for other borrowers.
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The Carlyle Group has raised $3.1bn of investable capital and $2.4bn of equity commitments for its new credit opportunities fund, tapping investors’ interest in private debt to surpass the firm’s target goal.
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Citi is preparing a four tranche high yield deal to fund the creation of ‘Trivium’, a new metal packaging company, owned by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and formed from a $2.5bn spin-out from Ardagh, combined with its Exal business.
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