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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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Managers of collateralized loan obligations say the sector would shrink by 75% or more if risk retention rules go into effect as currently proposed, according to a survey from The Loan Syndications and Trading Association of managers representing nearly 70% the CLO market.
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Collateralized loan obligations are gaining back some of their relative-value shine as spreads on new-issue deals resist the tightening being seen in commercial mortgage-backed securities.
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Source: Dealogic
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Ewos Group, the Norwegian supplier of feed and nutrition for farmed fish, will finance its takeover by private equity firms Altor and Bain Capital with secured and unsecured high yield bonds.
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Alcatel Lucent and Swissport dipped into US high yield investors’ pockets this week, as the European issuers raised a combined $890m.
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Cabot Financial, one of the high yield market’s consumer debt purchasers, sold a high yield bond inside price guidance on Monday, in a one day execution. The £100m of senior secured notes were priced at par to yield 8.375%.
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Italian gaming company Cogetech has released guidance and plans to sell its high yield debut on Friday. Bookrunners are guiding the €165m deal in the 10%-10.25% area.
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S&B Industrial Minerals, the Greek mining group, sold its debut high yield bond on Tuesday. The deal finances one of the first leveraged buyouts in Greece since its sovereign debt crisis.
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If there was to be a summer break, no one told the high yield market. Bankers found themselves heading into August with a boom to contend with this week. S&B Minerals priced a €275m deal, while Cabot completed a £100m issue and Cogetech prepared to price its €165m deal on Friday. Two European firms tapped the US high yield market — Alcatel-Lucent for $500m and Swissport for $390m.
