Loans and High Yield

Ion Analytics has had a successful second outing in the leveraged loan market, placing its revamped deal tighter than talk and at a smaller discount. The result makes up for Ion suspending the original deal in November, in the face of US election fears and resistance over its terms.

Goldman Sachs is trying to steal a march on rivals as it looks to turbo-charge its European business by leading the listings of the region’s most vibrant start-ups, writes David Rothnie.

Indian renewable energy company Continuum Energy Levanter made its debut in the dollar bond market this week, more than three years after pulling its initial attempt. However, it had to offer investors incentives to seal the $561m deal, writes Morgan Davis.

A $390m loan backing CVC Capital Partners’ acquisition of Myanmar’s Irrawaddy Green Towers (IGT) was abruptly put on hold this week after political turmoil rocked the country following a military coup. Pan Yue reports.

China Fortune Land Development’s domestic and offshore bonds swung this week after the property company admitted to onshore defaults worth Rmb5.255bn ($813m), adding to ongoing concerns about its liquidity condition and access to funding. Addison Gong reports.

A handful of Chinese companies managed to hit the bond market on Wednesday for new deals, ahead of not just the upcoming Chinese New Year break but also the jumbo outing launched by Alibaba Group Holding on Thursday.

Great Point Entertainment Income Trust, a UK investment trust engaged in film financing, launched a £200m ($273.54m) IPO on the London Stock Exchange on Wednesday.

Barclays has launched an €840m loan that forms the initial buy-out debt funding the takeover of UK supermarket chain Asda by the Issa brothers and TDR Capital. The bulk of the £3.5bn debt stack will follow in bond formats, with £2.25bn of senior secured and £500m of unsecured notes on offer.

Lippo Malls Indonesia Retail Trust printed a $200m bond on Tuesday, with investors largely brushing off concerns about the hit to the borrower's business during the pandemic.

Indonesia’s Adaro Energy has sent out a request for proposals for a $400m loan to meet its refinancing needs.

The extraordinary price action in GameStop, AMC Entertainment and others' shares last week is surely leading nervous CFOs all over the world to get an at-the-money rights issue signed off, in case they win the attention of Reddit's WallStreetBets crowd and can raise equity at giddy multiples. But this is like hoping for a winning lottery ticket. For firms in the most Covid-addled sectors, a private approach will be their best shot at financing a turnaround.

GCL New Energy Holdings, a Chinese solar power company, has failed to repay a $500m bond that was due on January 30.