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Helaba promoted from MLA to bookrunner while RBC sits out
Deal was three times oversubscribed
Growing company gets new bank lenders and equity investors
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Douglas, the highly levered beauty retailer, is finding the bond market more receptive than loans to its turnaround refinancing. It has restructured its debt package to switch €330m of secured loans to bonds. The comeback deal appears still on track, though the PIK notes are being marketed at a punchy 9% yield.
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South African lender Investec has secured a syndicated loan facility, with a consortium of 29 international banks. Bank borrowers are continuing to lean on their relationship lenders in South Africa, though the environment in the country remains challenging.
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German optics maker Jenoptik has sold €400m-equivalent worth of sustainability-linked Schuldscheine, with around 250 investors participating in the euro and dollar deal.
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More than one in 10 European companies had to renegotiate covenant waivers on loans to offset a collapse in earnings from the pandemic, and loans bankers say they are still getting requests from borrowers to amend terms.
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South Korea’s Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co has raised a $200m loan consisting of conventional and Islamic financing tranches, in a deal driven by Middle Eastern banks.
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Singapore-listed Manulife US Real Estate Investment Trust has raised a $250m five year sustainability-linked loan from two banks.
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