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The US bank has emerged from its restructuring to record impressive market share gains following a reboot of its financial sponsor and leveraged finance businesses
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The leveraged loan market in Europe is relying on several high profile take-private trades to rescue volumes and fees for 2019, and give the squeezed CLO market much needed supply. But these deals are vulnerable, and can easily fall apart, as sponsors must navigate an obstacle course of trade buyers, competition authorities, and recalcitrant shareholders. -
Shandong Qingyuan Group Co, a Chinese petrochemical company, has made a quick return to the loan market with a $750m syndicated facility, six months after closing a club deal.
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Andrew Bailey, CEO of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, said on Monday that progress was needed in the next “year or so” in moving the loan market away from Libor. He added that the consent solicitation undertaken by Associated British Ports to switch an FRN to Sonia was a model for other borrowers.
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The Carlyle Group has raised $3.1bn of investable capital and $2.4bn of equity commitments for its new credit opportunities fund, tapping investors’ interest in private debt to surpass the firm’s target goal.
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) has had to row back on fines for four Nordic banks for issuing credit ratings, after an appeal board found that the banks had not broken the rules negligently.
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Nine Dragons Paper has moved a HK$3.9bn ($498m) loan into general syndication, giving a small group of banks two weeks to make a decision on the deal.
