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Changing issuance patterns, tight mezzanine spreads and investor demand deliver bumper crop of deals
Deal follows Macquarie's acquisition of Spire, which issued previous Aurium CLOs
Pim van Schie, a portfolio manager at Neuberger, discusses rising investor appetite for CLO mezzanine tranches
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Huntsman, the US organic and inorganic chemicals company, aims to diversify its investor base with a €200m high yield bond - its first issue in the currency since 2007.
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Spreads on new-issue U.S. collateralized loan obligations are not likely to return to their post-crisis tights any time soon, despite the sector’s rapid growth to more than $75 billion in new deals this year alone—one the busiest years for CLOs yet.
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Wepa Hygieneprodukte, the German family-owned producer of tissue paper, has tapped its 6.5% 2020 bond for €52m.
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Abengoa, the Spanish engineering and renewable power group, increased its dollar high yield bond by $50m and sold it on Friday.
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PortAventura, the Spanish theme park, hopes to issue €400m of senior secured high yield bonds to finance a dividend and repay bank debt and a vendor loan.
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Empark, the Spanish car parks operator, wants to sell €385m of senior secured notes to replace its loans.
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Ardian and F2i have acquired from Enel Distribuzione the remaining 14.8% stake in Italian gas distribution company Enel Rete Gas that they did not already own.
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Scout24 has prepared the debt structure backing its partial takeover by Hellman & Friedman, ahead of the deal’s launch, expected in January 2014. -
The European CLO market is poised for a bumper start to the new year after delivering its largest deal of 2013 this week to cap a striking rehabilitation, writes Joe McDevitt. The €615.7m Richmond Park transaction brought this year’s sales to close to €7bn — significantly ahead of the less than €5bn eked out over the previous four years.
