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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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China Mengniu Dairy Co has raised a HK$2.3bn ($296m) green loan from a group of three banks. -
The UK's High Court delivered a ringing endorsement of the country's new restructuring regime this week in a landmark ruling on gym chain Virgin Active, showing that companies have a new route other than CVAs to cut their debts to landlords. Silas Brown and Owen Sanderson report.
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Finnish healthcare provider Mehiläinen increased the size of its ESG-linked refi loan from €300m to €1.06bn, refinancing not just the second lien loan, as originally intended, but the company’s entire first lien capital structure. Leads HSBC and Jefferies also tightened the margin range from launch levels.
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Commercial landlords in the UK are angry about gym chain Virgin Active’s restructuring plan, and with good reason. Many of them have lost out heavily, while senior secured creditors got away with little more than an amend and extend.
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Sucafina, a Swiss coffee company, and Suelzle Holding, a German steelmaker, have signed sustainability-linked loans, and bankers say there are more from the region coming to fruition.
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Sucafina, a Swiss coffee company, has signed a $500m sustainability-linked borrowing base facility, as a small wave of deals from the German speaking region come to fruition.
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