Loans and High Yield
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Bank Rakyat Indonesia has mandated 13 banks for a $700m multi-tranche borrowing, breaking a three-year absence from the loan syndications market. -
After a week without any high yield issuance, Verisure launched €1.1bn of dividend recapitalisation and refinancing bond deals this week. The market was already growing busier under tighter secondary spreads and a new refinancing deal from Intertrust.
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Hong Kong private equity firm I Squared Capital is tapping the loan market for a total of HK$7.8bn ($998m).
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The People’s Bank of China has warned that companies such as China Evergrande Group, Fosun International and HNA Group can pose major risks to the country’s financial sector. But even before being singled out by the central bank, these companies have struggled in the offshore capital markets.
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France’s central bank representatives will attend a consultation meeting with the Loan Market Association to discuss recent warnings over the lack of financial covenants in new issue leveraged loans.
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Hong Kong furniture manufacturer and retailer Man Wah Holdings has launched its debut $100m loan into general syndication.
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China Tian Lun Gas Holding is seeking a Hong Kong dollar denominated loan to refinance a $240m dollar facility sealed in 2015.
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Shanghai Pharmaceutical Holding is raising a $655m dual-tranche facility to refinance a bridge loan that was used to support the acquisition of Cardinal Health (L).
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The euro leveraged loan market appears keen to counter recent criticisms against lack of financial maintenance covenants with yet more cov-lite issuance, including a buyout deal from private schools operator Inspired.
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Two Chinese companies, Guodong Network Communications and Bestway Global Holding, have ventured out for their maiden loans, seeking €150m ($170m) and $150m respectively.
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Jaguar Land Rover, owned by India’s Tata Motors, has returned for a $1bn loan, just months after closing a smaller £640m ($839m) dual-tranche facility.
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China National Bluestar (Group) Co paid a handsome new issue premium for a $300m senior perpetual bond amid weak sentiment for the structure, as its deal caused a widening in the broader Chinese senior perp market.
