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Apollo Global Management is to buy UK plastic packaging producer RPC in a £3.323bn debt-backed leveraged buyout. The US private equity firm beat off competition from Bain for the FTSE 250 listed company. -
Leveraged finance markets in Europe are looking up, and bankers expect they may even see some deals priced before long.
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Profit Reach International, an investment vehicle owned by Chinese billionaire businessman Shen Guojun, has returned to the loan market for a $550m refinancing.
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Shandong Huifeng Petrochemical Group is tapping the offshore loan market for the first time, seeking a $200m two year borrowing.
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End of year earnings calls at the US banks all featured anxieties about the exposure of the firms to a leveraged finance market that was looking increasingly stretched through year end, with some bridges said to be hung and discounts offered on risk positions.
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Larry Fink, chief executive of BlackRock, became one of the most namechecked people in the responsible investing movement in 2018 when he affirmed that “Companies must benefit all of their stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers and the communities in which they operate.”
