Latest news
Latest news
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
More articles
More articles
-
The UK’s children car seat manufacturer Britax Childcare has launched a $424m equivalent loan package to refinance existing debt taken out at the time of its leveraged buy-out by private equity firm Nordic Capital.
-
Private equity firm Doughty Hanson is set to raise up to £127m on Wednesday through a sale of shares in HellermannTyton, the UK cable equipment firm that floated in March, breaking through a lock-up that was to expire later this week.
-
Dell, the US computer maker, allocated the €700m tranche of its LBO financing early on Wednesday, after European investors overwhelming supported one of the largest covenant-lite deals ever to be issued in the currency. Most of the commitments to the loan came from lenders in Europe, investors and bankers involved in the deal told EuroWeek on Wednesday.
-
Investor commitments to Skrill’s €305m loan package are due in on Wednesday afternoon, with allocations expected next week. The terms and size of the UK online payment company’s debt remain unchanged from when it was first marketed at a bank meeting on 12 September.
-
Spanish construction and industrial conglomerate Abengoa priced the tap of its 8.875% 2018 notes at the tight end of guidance on Tuesday. -
Emma Delta, an investment fund controlled by a Czech businessman and a Greek, wants to issue €400m of first and second lien unrated high yield bonds to part-finance its takeover of a 33% stake in OPAP, the Greek lottery and football betting company.
-
The leveraged loan market flexed its muscles this week as investors scrambled for US computer maker Dell’s covenant-lite loans. Not only did levloan investors out-compete bond investors, so that a bond tranche was replaced with a loan, but the demand showed just how eager European investors can be for cov-lite paper, although some of the interest will have come from the US.
-
Lenders to Thyssenkrupp have agreed to waive the September covenant test on its €2.5bn revolving credit line after the German steel firm revealed that it ran the risk of breaching its debt to equity requirements.
-
US computer maker Dell has increased the loan portion of its buyout financing, with the euro term loan ‘E’ expected to grow to at least €650m ahead of its Tuesday allocation. The facility will become one of the largest covenant-lite loans ever to be issued in euros.
