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Major sectors in leveraged loans are trading down, making shrewd credit selection vital
Deal is one of the tightest prints this year and is the second European CLO solely arranged by Mizuho
Debut manager is launching a CLO platform building on leveraged loan market experience
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After a busy July and €7.6bn-equivalent of issuance in September, the high yield primary market has calmed down — building an environment of opportunity for the lowest rated issuers to push out deals. -
German container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd raised €150m on Wednesday by tapping its €250m bond, issued three weeks ago.
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SBB is likely to issue high yield bonds, should the sale of the business result in a private equity takeover. Credit Suisse has pre-marketed staple financing to support a potential LBO of the Serbian telco but a trade buyer is also still in the bidding process.
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Ewos Group has launched its long awaited LBO financing. The Norwegian supplier of feed and nutrition for farmed fish is looking to sell around €420m of high yield bonds in two tranches, alongside a pre-placed subordinated bond.
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A bad week for Telecom Italia but a potentially worse one for corporate hybrid capital bonds.
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The surge in US new issue CLOs in 2012 and 2013 has led to a slowdown in the CLO manager consolidation trend that started after the 2008 financial crisis, according to Moody’s. In Europe the return of CLO issuance this year has not yet been big enough to bring in new entrants, the ratings agency added, while in both markets the largest managers still have a significant market share.
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Tempting borrowing conditions in the US continue to attract European borrowers, with two UK issuers taking their leveraged loans across the Atlantic this week in the hope that their deals would achieve tighter margins and more attractive terms.
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Strong demand for crossover-rated Redes Energéticas Nacionais’s €400m bond issue on Thursday again underlined corporate high grade investors’ thirst for higher yielding paper.
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FGA Capital, the car finance joint venture between Crédit Agricole and Fiat, sold a €750m bond on Thursday that enjoyed unusually strong demand thanks to the draw of a near-300bp spread and the company's liberation to borrow at longer maturities.
