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  • Though many consider the outlook for European M&A to be bleak for the remainder of 2016, the deals have kept on coming this week and are receiving positive responses from underwriters and participants alike.
  • CVC Capital Partners has proved a source of comfort for leveraged finance investors this year, supporting issuance with numerous buyouts. Czech security software firm Avast is the latest to turn to the market in marketing $1.6bn of loans.
  • Lenders are still keen to underwrite sterling loans after the UK’s Brexit vote — as shown in Steinhoff’s £452m deal — said one head of Emea loan syndicate.
  • Tencent is sounding out banks for yet another multibillion dollar borrowing, this time to back its acquisition of mobile game maker Supercell. The Chinese technology company is used to getting an easy ride in the loan market, where it has raised $6.89bn since December. But the structure for the latest deal means it will have to pay up to lure banks, writes Shruti Chaturvedi.
  • French quality control and assessment services firm Trigo had replies due Wednesday on its €198m buyout loan package. The momentum is building for European mid-market leveraged buyouts with several deals in the market this week.
  • Omani borrowers have lit up the loan market with deals this year but Bahrain — another country vulnerable to oil price shocks — has seen little deal flow. Two large dollar deals for Bahraini borrowers in recent weeks, however, have shown the country is back in the fray.