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Utilities metering company could refinance Schuldschein in coming months
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
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Investcorp's Credit Management business is one of the largest CLO issuers in Europe, with 24 deals under its belt, and a firm focus on the large cap, broadly syndicated market. GlobalCapital spoke to its boss, veteran leveraged finance investor and banker Jeremy Ghose, about how the coronavirus crisis has changed the LBO market, what CLOs will look like in the future, and the grim outlook for direct lending. -
Investcorp said on Tuesday it had raised a new €318m loan fund to acquire "high performing loans at discounted levels" from large cap issuers in the European market. The fund will be leveraged and aim for returns in the mid teens.
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UniCredit has appointed a new head of non-investment grade syndicate, after Carlo Fontana was promoted to global head of syndicate in March.
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Barry Callebaut, the Franco-Belgian chocolate maker now registered in Switzerland, launched a Schuldschein on Tuesday offering investors tenors "upon request" alongside two, five and eight year maturities. Robert Bosch did that too, when it reopened the market last month. This is a feature that arrangers say will increase in a post Covid world.
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Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, the Italian state railway holding company, has signed a €600m loan package that includes an environmental element. Europe’s loan borrowers are following the bond market away from pandemic crisis funding and back towards sustainability-conscious financing.
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For a failing business, the coronavirus pandemic has offered the perfect excuse. With so many well-managed companies forced to close their doors during lockdowns, record unemployment across several countries and a severe global recession on the cards, who can blame a management team or its backers when a corporate is on the edge of collapse?
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