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Swiss commodities firm has deleveraged thanks to elevated free cash flow
Innovation and ambition have been hallmarks of mergers and acquisitions activity this year, but there are some signs of weakness in private equity
Leveraged loans in stressed sectors like software carry refinancing risk
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The Schuldschein market's first quarter of the year did not exceed its participants' wildest dreams. German speaking borrowers have maintained a healthy deal flow, but landmark deals from exotic locations have been lacking, leaving arrangers frustrated. -
Industrial conglomerate Melrose has prevailed in its £8bn hostile bid for UK engineering firm GKN, after weeks of sabre-rattling rhetoric on both sides. Looking at GKN’s shaky defence, it is hard to see how there could have been any other outcome.
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Tenaga Wind Ventures UK has signed a £120m loan facility arranged by BayernLB, as the UK renewable energy arm of Malaysian utility Tenaga Nasional looks to refinance the debt-powered acquisition of two companies.
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AerCap Holdings, the Dutch aircraft leasing company, found big demand from lenders for its four year revolver, with the size of the facility rising by 46% to $950m during syndication.
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Walt Disney has thrown Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox a lifeline in its battle to acquire the remaining shares of Sky it does not own by offering to buy Sky News, putting pressure on the £22.1bn debt-backed offer for the whole of Sky from rival bidder Comcast.
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Investec Bank plc has signed a A$150m ($115.3m) loan to refinance a loan signed in 2015, attracting a total of 18 banks to the deal — the majority of which came from Asia.
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