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M&A could be much needed shot in the arm but dollars expected to dominate
Deal includes $1bn 3.75 year term loan
The German pharmaceutical wholesaler was upgraded to BBB- by S&P last month
US drug company Eli Lilly jolted the dollar market awake on Wednesday with an eight-part jumbo trade to fund two recent acquisitions
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Basic Fit, the Dutch operator of low-cost gyms, has issued a €303.7m convertible bond as it prepares for growth opportunities following the reopening of all of its fitness centres this week following more than a year of lockdowns caused by the pandemic. -
Chengdu Quanyuantang Pharmacy Chain has started laying the foundation for its Hong Kong IPO, filing initial listing documents with the bourse this week.
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Aedifica, the Belgian real estate investment trust focused on healthcare properties, is financing its forward pipeline of investment opportunities with a €300m sale of new shares.
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Blackstone, Carlyle and Hellman & Friedman announced over the weekend that they would be taking a stake in healthcare supplies firm Medline at an enterprise value of $34bn, making it one of the largest leveraged buyouts in history. The scale of the deal underlines the extent of private equity dry powder, and signals that leveraged finance investors can expect more new money supply ahead.
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Citi has hired Chuck Adams from Goldman Sachs to oversee a newly formed investment banking unit combining the traditional healthcare sector with consumer and retail coverage.
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Commercial real estate has been one of the hardest hit sectors during the Covid-19 pandemic. The images of shuttered shops and empty offices are almost as emblematic of the Covid crisis as facemasks and stay-at-home warnings. Although there is hope for a recovery in issuance led by the red-hot growth in logistics sites, the outlook is uncertain given that underlying values of many properties backing existing CMBS remain unknown. Sam Kerr reports.
