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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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Equipment rental company United Rentals was in the US high yield market with a $1.1bn bond on Wednesday to support its $2.1bn acquisition of peer BlueLine Rental, after pricing a $1bn term loan to support the deal earlier this month. -
Investors in sub-investment grade markets had little new issuance to look at this week but were still bemoaning a decline in covenant protection this year.
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Corporate bond investors appear are casting about for ways to deploy cash despite clear signs of growing caution. But in the leveraged finance markets, everybody prefers to wait and see.
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Xinyi Glass has dropped a non-financial covenant on its HK$750m ($96m) borrowing, which was launched into general syndication in August.
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Netflix tapped the high yield market again this week to help finance its heavy spending on new content. But the euro and dollar notes were both priced wide of initial levels.
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US CLO managers have slowed the pace of primary issuance in recent weeks, helping to firm up secondary market debt spreads while other credit markets suffered a sell-off.
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