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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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UK pub companies with secured debt structures are asking bondholders to waive covenants and suspend potential enforcement action, as the government-mandated shutdown continues. Bondholders in Punch Taverns Finance B are being asked to feed last year's figures into covenant calculations while the lockdown is in force, in a potential model for the other pub companies struggling with stalled cashflow.
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GlobalCapital's Silas Brown spoke to Mathieu Chabran, co-founder of European alternative asset manager Tikehau Capital. They discussed how the relatively new private debt market in Europe will navigate its way through the pandemic, who the winners and losers will be in the asset class, and what opportunities may emerge from the dust.
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Tianqi Lithium Corp’s rising debt burden since its acquisition of a stake in a Chilean mining company two years ago is causing trouble. The Chinese borrower is seeking covenant waivers and a tenor extension on part of a $3.5bn loan, raising concerns among bankers about the performance of other commodity credits amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Pan Yue reports.
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Credit Suisse took a $294m hit from marking leveraged finance underwriting exposure to market in the first quarter, its results on Thursday showed, as March’s volatility and jump in credit spreads took their toll.
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Banks providing reserve-based lending facilities to oil exploration companies are looking to sell these loans, usually held and refinanced as ultra-secure relationship products, at bargain basement prices.
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Italian-American car company Fiat Chrysler has drawn down on its €6.25bn revolving credit facility to shore up its finances during the Covid-19 pandemic, though the company has left a new bridge loan untouched.
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