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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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Fantasia Holdings Group Co managed to take advantage of a stock market rebound that proved to be short-lived on Thursday, raising $300m from a 364-day trade. The company has around $1.6bn of onshore and offshore bonds maturing in the coming months, but managed to convince investors it has a plan to deal with this looming maturity risk.
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UK media company Entertainment One has tapped its outstanding 6.875% bonds due 2022 for £70m ($97.6m), as the company looks to snap up the remaining stake in the television studio Mark Gordon Company that it does not already own.
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Hurtigruten, the Norwegian cruise operator owned by TDR Capital, has agreed on final pricing on a €660m leveraged loan facility, raising enough debt to repay all its high yield bonds.
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Entertainment One, the UK media company, has tapped its 6.875% bond due 2022 for a further £70m, as it seeks to snap up the remaining stake in television studio Mark Gordon Co that it does not already own.
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Global stock markets have suffered from volatility in recent trading sessions but European primary leveraged finance markets had already slowed down as investor pressure grew around a €1.4bn deal for storage firm Algeco Scotsman and the worrying performance of UK retailer New Look.
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Leverage finance bankers are bracing themselves for a rise in mezzanine financing in Asia, buoyed by talk that part of the HK$32bn loan to back a record-breaking Hong Kong property deal will be financed with junior debt.
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