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Major sectors in leveraged loans are trading down, making shrewd credit selection vital
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Upper mid-market firms eschew ‘exciting’ stories as cracks emerge in European private credit
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While almost all financial markets have been stricken with fear so far this year, Europe's leveraged loan market has been surprisingly buoyant, with a healthy flow of deals and plenty of interest from investors — though the sister high yield market is a desert. Max Bower and Victor Jimenez report. -
China’s Haier Group is expected to use bank loans to fund up to $3.3bn of its forthcoming $5.4bn acquisition of US-based GE Appliances. Bankers have predicted an onshore China takeout, but the fundraising structure has not yet been disclosed, reports Shruti Chaturvedi.
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Veritas Technologies, the US software firm that Carlyle Group is buying from Symantec, will aim to complete a revised $7.4bn sale next week after failing to secure financing in November.
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Tata Power subsidiary Bhira Investments is understood to have mandated six banks to arrange a refinancing of a $460m loan wrapped up in October 2014.
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The former head of Asia Pacific loan markets at Royal Bank of Scotland is expected to join Maybank next week, according to two sources.
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Armacell, the German foam insulation manufacturer, has launched a€660m debt acquisition package to back its buyout by Blackstone and Kirkbi from Charterhouse Capital Partners.
