Loans and High Yield
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Last week’s announced merger between Heinz and Kraft had Loan Ranger scouring for new debt, but for one banker it was an occasion for nostalgia. -
Singaporean investment holding company Gallant Venture made its second outing in the Singapore dollar market this year, raised S$175m ($127.8m) from a three year bond offering on March 26 following a January appearance.
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Air France KLM, the unrated Franco-Dutch airline, spiced up the corporate hybrid market this week, offering investors something they hadn’t seen before, writes Richard Metcalf.
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German online directories and listings company Scout24 set out price guidance on a €400m add-on loan on Tuesday, pushing leverage up after a stellar year’s performance.
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Trainline.com — Danube Foods — Azerbaijani Banks — Foncia — GCP Infrastructure Investments — Gategroup — Haversham
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Apax-owned Top Right, the UK information and events group, has launched a £435m-equivalent refinancing loan that will be denominated in dollars and euros.
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A €275m loan backing the sale of E.ON's Spanish and Portuguese assets is still in the leveraged finance market, after passing an initial March 20 deadline for commitments without the book being closed.
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Heinz is set to join the M&A financing frenzy that propelled US corporate dollar issuance to its second busiest quarter in history.
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Gategroup, the Swiss airline services provider, has signed a €240m revolving credit facility that it will use to replace an older revolver and partially redeem a bond.
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German automotive supplier Schaeffler AG on Thursday announced a €1.5bn-equivalent dual currency three tranche bond issue, designed to opportunistically refinance high coupon debt.
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Diesel engine component maker Asimco is said to have revised terms for its $120m refinancing loan, providing banks with more security and changing the loan purpose to allow lenders to get through their credit process more easily.
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We are pleased to announce the categories for GlobalCapital’s 2015 Bond Dinner. Here you will find the link to this year's poll, as well as PDF and Excel copies of the rules and categories.
