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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 Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) issued recommendations for Libor replacement at the end of April, indicating that it believes the market should effectively self-regulate when it comes to picking a new benchmark for floating rate debt contracts. -
Tesco issued a new £400m six year bond, to fund a tender for bonds from eight older issues, and saw blow-out demand of £3.3bn, as the UK supermarket heads back towards investment grade status.
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Eir, the Irish telecoms company, has won strong demand and tight pricing for its combined bond and loan deal, allowing it to increase the size by another €100m — and pay out a larger dividend to its owner, groups controlled by French billionaire Xavier Niel. One of these groups, Iliad, has just emerged from a costly fight for rights to the 5G mobile spectrum in Italy, leading it to consider asset sales and other routes to raise cash.
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The European high yield market is experiencing a post-Easter resurrection, with six new issues announced after the London market returned to work on Tuesday. While some of these trades were the lower-rated acquisition bonds investors having been crying out for, the bond market is still largely stuck with deals too long, too tight, too risky or too large for first lien loans.
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Voya Alternative Asset Management is preparing to issue a €354.32m CLO via Citi, the US manager’s second European CLO since setting up shop in Europe.
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Netflix’s blockbuster high yield issuance this week shows the love debt investors continue to have for the streaming service, but instead of adding to an already leveraged balance sheet, it should consider issuing new shares.
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