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Upper mid-market firms eschew ‘exciting’ stories as cracks emerge in European private credit
Pharmaceuticals and energy transition also ripe sectors for M&A
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
Firm has added to its London team with seventh partner hire this year
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Event-driven hedge fund Sand Grove Capital Management has disclosed a 5% stake in UK car dealer BCA Marketplace, the subject of a takeover offer from TDR Capital. The purchase follows big sales from some of BCA’s cornerstone shareholders who had agreed to support the bid, including embattled Woodford Investment Management, and Invesco.
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Amundi and the European Investment Bank are collaborating on a new €1bn fund aimed at bringing the benefits of green bond funding to smaller issuers in the EU and those with weaker credit quality. They will originate deals through a network of banks.
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ING’s Boekhout to head Commerz corporate biz — ICBC loan syndication head resigns — Ex-Barclays’ Wright joins S&P
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The Bank of England said that the proportion of new highly leveraged loans would swell from 18% of the market to 28%, once add-backs and subsequent borrowing were included, taking overall leverage levels in the market above those prevailing in 2007.
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Deutsche Bank’s strategic overhaul looks set to maintain the bank’s leading position in debt capital markets and leveraged finance. But it casts doubts over Deutsche’s ability to retain a top tier corporate finance franchise and could signal the slow death of its equity capital markets franchise, writes David Rothnie.
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UBS’s decision to create a global team dedicated to private capital markets is symptomatic of a shift in how companies finance themselves and time their IPOs. With vast pools of private capital available, companies are going public later in their lifecycles, leading to stretched valuations and fewer listed companies. Aidan Gregory reports.