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Non-bank lenders seem more confident than banks in the short term
New facility smaller than the original but 20% larger than the launch amount
In Europe loans are the key to opening ancillary business while in the Middle East relationships should cap premiums
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Fitch Ratings has hired a former leveraged finance banker at MUFG to join its EMEA business development team.
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Gewobag, the A2/A+ rated German housing company, launched the first Schuldschein with a Euribor floor set below zero last week. Market participants said more will follow in 2020.
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The Student Hotel, a Dutch hotel chain, has signed an €82m sustainability-linked loan, claiming the deal is the first of its kind from a European property company as the nascent financing structure presses into more industries.
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French insurance brokerage April, a CVC portfolio company, has returned to the leveraged loan market to refinance the acquisition debt it raised in April, taking advantage of squeezed credit spreads and the expiry of its six month call protection.
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Commerzbank’s corporate clients division will focus on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and cross-selling over pure growth, as it continues with its latest strategic plan.
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Private equity firms have found plenty of investment opportunities in India this year, with their focus on the country set to increase as the crisis around non-banking financial companies unfolds. This means that leveraged loans bankers are getting ready for more action, writes Pan Yue.
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