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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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Personal computer maker Lenovo priced a $750m deal on Thursday as part of a liability management exercise, switching some investors out of an old bond that will mature next year. But like others in the market, the borrower had to pay a double-digit new issue premium to ensure success. -
Shandong Iron & Steel Group Co and a Chinese government-owned entity from Xuzhou both took a cautious approach to their dollar bonds on Thursday in a market that has become increasingly volatile.
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Chinese technology company Tsinghua Tongfang Co hit the market on Thursday in a desperate attempt to use its offshore regulatory approved fundraising quota before it expires at the end of March. While the issuer managed to raise $300m, the transaction was a rough one.
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The traditional investment grade debt buyers that have ventured into Europe's high yield and leveraged loan markets since quantitative easing sucked much of the juice out of high grade markets are showing no sign of losing their thirst for levfin, despite the looming end of QE, writes Victor Jimenez.
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Uber blazed a trail in the leveraged finance market this week, brushing off a fatal car crash involving one of its self-driven cars to close a bigger than expected self-syndicated leveraged loan at a spread inside of the initial price range.
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Stephan Paras, the former European and US head of leveraged loans at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, has joined the investment committee at middle market lending firm Star Mountain Capital.
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