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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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Management at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley used second quarter earnings calls to reassure investors about their exposure to leveraged loans, under questioning from RBC Capital Markets’ Gerard Cassidy, as fears grow about leverage levels and weak covenants. -
CIFC Asset Management, one of the largest CLO managers in the world, has recently turned its attention to Europe, with the hire of Joshua Hughes to start marketing and fundraising for European loan investments. It is planning to build out the business in the coming months with more London-based hires, including a senior investment professional to lead that side of the business — but it’s not diving headfirst into the increasingly crowded European CLO market.
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Concerns from some fund managers about the terms of Altice’s new €2.5bn-equivalent bond were swamped by orders from other investors eager to bag single-B paper with a big coupon from a core high yield issuer. After a series of successful investor push-backs on deal terms, the debt laden French telecom proved this week that borrowers still can walk away with loose covenants, writes Victor Jimenez.
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US middle market CLOs sprung back to life this week with a $1bn deal from Golub Capital, the first new issue of the month.
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The Bank of England this week laid out its plan to build reliable term rates from the sterling overnight interbank average rate (Sonia) that it has chosen to replace Libor, recommending that overnight index swaps on the rate be traded on venue.
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BlackRock has closed its first private debt fund dedicated to the European middle market, as the asset manager predicts private debt will be increasingly "significant" in the way mid-cap companies are financed.
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