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Deal rules and slow primary market make ramping up deals difficult
◆ Supranationals and agencies prepare to achieve the previously unthinkable ◆ Leveraged loans versus private credit and their effect on CLOs ◆ A new dawn for dollar covered bonds and UK equity market structure
◆ Schaeffler attracts €5.8bn peak book… ◆ …while SPIE finds €2.8bn of orders ◆ Strong demand allows for strong price moves
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Philippine oil company Petron Corp has returned to the offshore loan market after a two year absence, picking a bigger lead group that has allowed it to achieve much tighter pricing. -
When will the supply of Chinese property bonds end? Bankers detected hints of indigestion after a rush of deals last week, but that does not appear to have slowed down the mass of supply. Five more companies turned to dollar bond investors on Monday.
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China’s Guorui Properties priced a smaller-than-expected new bond ahead of a looming $250m maturity on March 1. But investors are still wary of another one of the company’s bonds: a $300m deal that becomes puttable in the same month.
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Analysis of CLO trading by JP Morgan’s fixed income research team concluded that, through the selloff in the fourth quarter last year and the rally this year, loan trading by CLO managers beat the market, with the vehicles successfully buying low and selling high compared to broader movements — and compared to waiting out the volatility entirely.
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Wind turbine manufacturer Senvion revealed on Sunday night that it was exploring debt restructuring options, following a torrid week in which its bonds dropped more than 15 points. The company’s largest shareholder, private equity firm Centerbridge, pledged to "support this transformation", while the company will draw on its super-senior guarantee facility to keep operating.
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After the CLO market ground to a halt in December following a retail fund-driven loan market selloff, the primary market has at last sprung back to life, albeit with wider spreads than some issuers grew accustomed to for much of 2018 and with more varying deal structures to get investors in the door.
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