Loans and High Yield

Chinese acoustic components maker GoerTek is making a comeback to the loan market after a two-year break, seeking $300m for refinancing.

Defaults have ripped through Delta Merlin Dunia Textile (DMDT), another subsidiary of Indonesian textile company Duniatex, which missed its first dollar bond coupon last week and recently delayed payments on a loan.

China’s JA Solar Holdings, which was taken private last year, has returned to the offshore loan market, inviting banks to join a $100m facility.

Lecta has announced that its bondholders are being represented by investment bank Houlihan Lokey and law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher, as the Spanish paper company struggles to keep up with bond payments. Last month, the troubled company said it had hired Evercore and Rothschild to advice on “strategic alternatives”, including possibly restructuring the firm.

Moody’s slashed Ford’s rating from Baa3 to Ba1 on Monday, placing the company in precarious crossover territory, with S&P and Fitch holding the firm at BBB with negative outlook. Other falling angels may land in the junkyard soon as the triple-B sector has ballooned to record levels.

Pinewood Studios' effort to re-cast itself as a real estate company seemed pure box office to investors, who placed enough orders for a new bond to allow the borrower to up the deal size and still price at the tight end of guidance.

Goldman Sachs and Citi have announced a dual currency eight year secured €1.5bn bond for Altice France, hoping to take advantage of low absolute rates to cut borrowing costs and extend its debt maturities. The bond-only deal follows Salt’s successful refinancing and dividend deal, which saw bonds come in appreciably cheaper than loans.

Myanmar has made a raft of regulatory changes to attract foreign investment, removing ownership limits and cutting red tape. But senior figures in the country admit that poor infrastructure is a major problem — and the solution requires private capital. Morgan Davis reports.

Chinese local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) Tianjin Binhai New Area Construction & Investment Group Co and Changde Urban Construction Investment Group Co both relied on anchor support for their dollar bonds, after recent negative headlines about the sector.

Deutsche Bank has announced a round of senior appointments in its primary debt businesses, naming Hoby Buvat head of EMEA leveraged finance origination and Mark Lewellen head of EMEA debt capital markets origination.

Chinese issuers Country Garden Holdings Co, Guangxi Communications Investment Group Corp and Shuifa Group, all of which have investment-grade ratings, have sold well-supported dollar bonds to investors.

Furniture maker Samson Holding has closed a $120m club loan with three banks to support the construction of a new factory in Vietnam