Loans and High Yield
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Permira is selling its 33% stake in Cortefiel, the Spanish retailer, to the group's other two owners, CVC and PAI Partners. The deal includes a debt restructuring and ends rumours of an IPO. -
Blackstone has agreed to buy exhibitions organiser Clarion Events from Providence Equity Partners, only days after it announced a £2.86bn public-to-private bid for UK fintech firm Paysafe alongside CVC.
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Allfunds Bank has mandated banks to arrange the sale of a seven year non-call three senior secured bond following the firm's sale to Hellman & Friedman and GIC.
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Just one borrower occupied European high yield bond pipeline at the start of this week giving the impression the market is about to slow for summer. Bain Capital’s hygiene product supplier Diamond, is out on a roadshow.
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China Shengmu Organic Milk opened syndication for a Rabobank-led $100m three year financing last week, returning to the loan market after an absence of about one and a half years.
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Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco) has approached lenders for a $200m two year loan through its Peruvian arm, according to bankers.
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French jewellery retailer Thom Europe has widened pricing on its bond-to-loan refinancing by 75bp to 450bp, reducing the offering by €60m to €610m in the process.
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China’s Oceanwide Holdings Co scored $400m from a new three year offering on Thursday, sealing a bigger deal than expected but paying up in the process.
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China Jinjiang Environment Holding Company (CJE) made its debut in the international bond market, raising $200m from a three year on Thursday. The deal won investors over — but finding close comparables proved a challenge.
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Chinese property developer Greenland Holdings is planning to increase the size of its loan, launched in late April, to $300m from $250m.
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A short and limited syndication of a HK$28bn ($3.6bn) financing to support the take-private of Hong Kong-listed footwear company Belle International Holdings has wrapped up with one more bank jumping in.
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