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Norwegian cruise and ferry company Hurtigruten has raised a €105m three year loan through JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs, ranking in line with its existing loans and paying 800bp. This follows an agreement on Monday to suspend the company’s leverage covenant and replace it with a cash covenant, an approach that lenders are increasingly using for companies facing sharp revenue stops. -
Some CLO managers in Europe are discussing new warehouse lines, paving the way for the CLO primary market to restart after pre-Covid deals are cleared. Counterparts in the US, meanwhile, are riding a wave of optimism that will likely take the market back to pre-pandemic pricing levels over the summer. Owen Sanderson and Paola Aurisicchio report.
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Chinese online marketplace 58.com is seeking a $3bn loan for its take-private from the Nasdaq. The company is relying on Chinese banks to raise the money, but several told GlobalCapital Asia they were not interested. Pan Yue reports.
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Tom Tailor, the German fashion brand, has signed a €100m loan guaranteed by the federal and regional governments. It has also extended its existing bank line, although the company says it will not be enough to stave off insolvency at holding company level.
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58.com, a Chinese company that focuses on online classified advertisements, is in talks with banks in the country for a financing package of $3bn to support its take private.
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Struggling UK small and medium-sized enterprises could see their debts sold to insurance companies or other institutional investors in a scheme similar to that used to securitize student loans in the country, according to proposals floated by finance lobby group TheCityUK in a report published on Monday.
