Loans and High Yield
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Asian primary bond market calmed down after a frantic Thursday, with only two issuers opening books -
Adams Street Partners has added four to its private debt team in New York as it looks to expand the business following the hires of Oaktree executives Bill Sacher and Shahab Rashid in January.
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Two of the most familiar names in the high yield borrower base on Wednesday launched a splash of payment-in-kind notes, a rare structure which has constituted only €570m of sales this year.
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Israeli plastics manufacturer Keter Plastic has launched its €790m buyout loan package with a bank meeting scheduled for Monday morning in London.
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Olam International returned with a $150m tap of its existing notes this week, managing to find strong demand from fund managers despite ending up with only a modest order book.
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A long drawn out fundraising for MNC Sky Vision is coming down to the wire after Moody’s downgraded its parent this week, citing refinancing risks. A default could spell more bad news for Indonesian borrowers, especially coming so close to last month’s missed payment by Royal Industries Indonesia. John Loh reports.
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SIG Combibloc, the Swiss packaging firm owned by Onex, launched its second repricing request on its leveraged buyout loans with a lender call scheduled for Thursday morning New York time, as replies were due on Armacell's own repricing.
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The $8.8bn merger between UK software company Micro Focus and assets of Hewlett Packard Enterprise has gifted the loan market a $5.5bn deal, one of the largest in the UK this year.
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Indonesian power producer Cikarang Listrindo slashed its funding costs and extended the maturity of its debt profile with a popular $550m 10 year note priced at a 4.96% coupon — setting a new benchmark for the country’s issuers.
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Veolia Environnement became the first French company and only the second European corporate to issue a Panda bond, raising Rmb1bn ($150m) this month with a privately placed note.
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Ineos-owned styrene manufacturer Styrolution launched a €1.1bn term loan with a lender call on Wednesday, following R&R Ice Cream in re-awakening the market and inviting further deals.
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Fixed income investors had plenty digest on Thursday with a total of seven Chinese issuers vying for attention. The majority are eyeing dollars but two names are venturing into offshore renminbi.
