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Borrowers take advantage of robust CLO demand to tighten leveraged loan pricing
New realm for ex-Natixis banker, as HSBC Innovation Bank hires
Manager reset the deal for the second time as the end of its reinvestment period approached
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Corporate borrowers are being urged to prepare for the phase out of Libor, but loan documents are not yet up to the job of facilitating an orderly switch to a new rate, warned Fitch Ratings on Tuesday. -
BNP Paribas is combining its primary and secondary activities in US credit markets under a new Global Credit Markets Americas division, with a new head of leveraged finance joining from Deutsche Bank to bolster the firm’s offering.
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Houlihan Lokey has formed a new US leveraged loan syndication platform, HL Finance, with HPS Investment Partners working alongside the firm to underwrite and syndicate deals of up to $1bn.
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SC Lowy Asset Management has hired William Bishop as senior sourcer for distressed debt in London.
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Investment firm EDIFY, headquartered in Luxembourg, has issued its first Euro PP notes.
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CIFC Asset Management, one of the largest CLO managers in the world, has recently turned its attention to Europe, with the hire of Joshua Hughes to start marketing and fundraising for European loan investments. It is planning to build out the business in the coming months with more London-based hires, including a senior investment professional to lead that side of the business — but it’s not diving headfirst into the increasingly crowded European CLO market.
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US middle market CLOs sprung back to life this week with a $1bn deal from Golub Capital, the first new issue of the month.
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BlackRock has closed its first private debt fund dedicated to the European middle market, as the asset manager predicts private debt will be increasingly "significant" in the way mid-cap companies are financed.
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Sources speaking with GlobalCapital on Wednesday said that the growth of the commercial real estate CLO market is gnawing away at lenders’ ability to keep underwriting standards high and remain competitive, pushing out traditional sources of debt capital in favour of debt funds and other alternative providers.
