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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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A “significant” loosening of underwriting standards in US leveraged finance points to the market being in the late stages of the credit cycle, said Fitch Ratings on Tuesday, but market data show bids are still heating up in the sector. -
Speculative grade borrowers stayed on the sidelines of the primary market on Tuesday. While bankers said the deal pipeline has a healthy list of issuers ready for this month, investors warned that demand may be choosier than in the first quarter.
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Debt bankers in Hong Kong were back after a four-day Easter break on Tuesday to some disappointing issuance numbers from the first quarter of the year. But with a decent pipeline of deals, they are keeping their fingers crossed for a pick-up in activity.
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The US CLO market has posted its busiest start to the year since the financial crisis, and the torrent of paper is now weighing on spreads which could narrow the arbitrage for deal managers.
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With Moody’s analysts predicting last week that Tesla would need a $2bn capital injection, high yield analysts have pointed to the company’s Gigafactory as a likely source of collateral, as the flagship facility was excluded from the firm’s covenant package in its last deal.
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Five London boroughs are allocating a total of £250m of their pension funds' investments to private debt, in a move that could spark interest from other local authorities.
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