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Tight spreads keep Middle East borrowers in bond market, and away from loans
Kazakh bank doubles the tenor to two years compared to previous deals
Tighter margin loan a 'sign of things to come' for infrastructure lending
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Nvidia, the US technology company, has agreed to buy UK chipmaker Arm Holdings for up to $40bn in cash and shares, marking the largest of a spate of technology M&A as the coronavirus pandemic is expected to keep driving acquisition demand for the sector. -
Three Taiwanese companies are testing bank appetite for new loans, as slow deal flow this year gives them enough ‘bargaining power’ to raise funds at thin margins and fees.
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Hugh Hendry, the outspoken founder of former macro hedge fund Eclectica Asset Management, told GlobalCapital he sees no evidence for the re-emergence of global macro as a broad and viable investment strategy. Were volatility to rise again, Hendry says he may well get back into the financial fray but the likelihood of that is vanishingly slim.
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ZF Friedrichshafen, the German car parts maker, is considering moving its focus away from the Schuldshein market, where it is one of the biggest issuers, after finding success selling public bonds this week.
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BNP Paribas has provided term loans to Altice Europe, whose founder Patrick Drahi has offered to buy €2.5bn of the shares he doesn't already own to take the French telecoms group private.
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Virgin Media started the autumn session in European leveraged finance in style with a five part offering to raise the cash for its joint venture with Telefónica’s O2 unit. The deal underscores how far capital markets have come since the dark days of April, when the £30bn ($38.9bn) mega merger was backed by an investment grade loan to insulate the tie-up from the effects of a prolonged downturn in leveraged credit, reports Owen Sanderson.
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