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Despite the allure of lower loan prices, CLO managers should print deals cautiously
Software loan sell-offs and the Iran war have caused US and European loans to price differently
Leveraged loans in stressed sectors like software carry refinancing risk
LBO financing includes $5.75bn term loan to be priced early next week
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The loan package backing Ardian’s buyout of Prosol Group, the parent of French food retailer Grand Frais, is set to increase leverage at the firm to more than five-and-a-half times Ebitda, a level that one investor said was overly aggressive in the sector. -
Corporate bond issuers in Europe were making up for lost time with a slew of deals on Wednesday, after a sluggish start this week with just one deal for Renault’s finance arm RCI Banque on Monday. Books are big and deals are tightening strongly in bookbuild.
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Investment banks' revenues from leveraged finance in Europe rose 146% to $537m in the first quarter from the first quarter of 2016, as the high yield market surged back into life and loan refinancings were ubiquitous.
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CVC has acquired a 25% stake in Spanish oil transportation and storage firm CLH, making it the largest shareholder in the firm.
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Acetow, the cigarette filter maker Blackstone is carving out of parent Solvay, has launched €630m-equivalent of loan facilities for the buyout, four months after it was announced.
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Inovyn, the chlorvinyls firm owned by chemicals group Ineos, and French food producer Labeyrie both joined the bond-to-loan refinancing trend in the leveraged finance market this week, holding a lender call and bank meeting respectively for term loan deals of at least €500m each.
