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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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Bankers working on the debt financing for the management buy-out of UK food retailer Iceland are waiting to see the market’s response to an LBO of CPA Global before setting terms on their deal.
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Brimming domestic liquidity and international banks’ retrenchment could lead more companies to spurn the pan-European loans market after a large Czech conglomerate surprised banks by seeking a €1bn facility exclusively at home. Local lenders have already committed tickets of between €150m-€200m to the unnamed borrower’s partial refinancing, bankers reported.
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The number of syndicated loan transactions in EMEA over the first eight weeks of 2012 was down over 50% year on year, as activity in the market remained sluggish.
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Dubai port operator DP World is in early stage discussions with banks for a new syndicated loan of around $1bn, according to lenders.
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Dubai’s Department of Finance has completed a $675m dual currency financing as part of its Al Sufouh tram project. The facility comprises a $401m loan and a $274m ijara (Islamic leasing) segment.
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Alibaba Group plans to take its flagship online business private, giving it a use for some $3bn of financing it has lined up from a consortium of Asia Pacific and European banks, as its attempts to buy back a stake from Yahoo drag on.