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Despite the allure of lower loan prices, CLO managers should print deals cautiously
Software loan sell-offs and the Iran war have caused US and European loans to price differently
Leveraged loans in stressed sectors like software carry refinancing risk
LBO financing includes $5.75bn term loan to be priced early next week
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Japan’s megabanks have long faced a domestic client base that has little appetite for loans, and offers little opportunity for big profits. But overseas expansion is no sure bet when the world is as fraught as it is now. These banks are forced to walk a tightrope, and earnings announcements next week will give a clue as to whether they have a plan to steady themselves.
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Loans bankers are waiting with baited breath after Russian oil firm Rosneft announced on Tuesday its interest in a potential acquisition of BP’s half of TNK-BP.
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Polish building firm Polimex-Mostostal has agreed a four month repayment holiday on the debt principal owed to its banking group.
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Private equity-backed metal trader Traxys has signed an $875m borrowing base facility to refinance existing debt. Lenders were scaled back despite Traxys opting to increase the loan from its original launch size of $800m, according to the company.
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BNP Paribas, Commerzbank, GE Capital, Lloyds and UniCredit have underwritten the €350m all-senior loan package supporting Charterhouse Capital Partners’ buyout of German safety technology company Bartec from Swiss investor Capvis.
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Commodities company Trafigura will meet bankers in Taipei and Singapore this week to pitch a $900m loan, giving Asian loans bankers a rare bit of activity on what is proving a grindingly slow summer.