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Pricing is growing tight in the European leveraged loan market — very tight. Investors are moaning, but they will receive little sympathy from buyers of other asset classes. -
It is open season for repricings in the levloan market and lenders are feeling the squeeze. Two firms, one Austrian and one US, launched requests on Wednesday. They followed SIG Combibloc and Ineos Styrolution’s lead in exploiting ever friendlier conditions for issuers looking for cheaper debt, writes Max Bower.
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Ineos-owned styrene manufacturer Styrolution tightened guidance on its €1.1bn refinancing on Thursday while altering the structure of the deal, in a market dominated by refinancings.
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Hong Kong-based WeLab is set to dip its toes in the Asian syndicated loans market for a $50m borrowing, potentially fuelling a trend of fintech start-up lenders hitting the wholesale market for funds.
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Ardian and Tikehau both announced the closing of €4.5bn and €610m direct lending funds respectively this week, with Tikehau's private debt fund manager Jean-Baptiste Féat telling GlobalCapital that 2016 seemed to be one of its "best years".
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Repricings are bubbling up across the levloan market as two firms, one Austrian and one US, launched repricing requests on Wednesday following SIG Combibloc's lead.
