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Sector Alarm, the Norwegian-based home security company, is looking to reprice its leveraged loan debut from last year, cutting the margin on the €590m facility from 350bp at issue down to 300bp-325bp. The move follows a wave of loan repricings and refinancings from some of the largest issuers, as credit markets continue to tighten despite increased jitters around global growth and the spread of coronavirus. -
Credit Suisse has started general syndication of more than $5bn of debt funding EQT and Digital Colony’s acquisition of Zayo, one of last year’s largest LBOs. The dollar market will take the lion’s share of the acquisition loan, with $4.235bn of first lien on offer, but even the euro tranche is substantial, at $825m-equivalent.
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New dynamics are appearing in the sustainability-linked loan market, as the product balloons and banks prepare for more intense scrutiny of their green lending activities. The trends highlight how unformed and confusing this young market still is, writes Jon Hay.
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The idea that companies can raise subordinated debt only through private or club deals was put into deep freeze this week, when ice-cream maker Froneri fully syndicated two second lien tranches as part of its €5.7bn refinancing. Owen Sanderson reports.
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Some weird genetic mutations have been appearing in the hothouse of sustainable finance, where new green products are cultivated to beautify the grandees of the capital markets.
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Jes Staley’s strategy has been vindicated, with Barclays’s corporate finance bankers having a banner year. But it has to invest in its European franchise to cement its credentials as the region’s leading investment bank, says David Rothnie.
