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The transaction attracted five lenders and is the first data centre infrastructure project backed by the UK's National Wealth Fund
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Europe’s high grade corporate bond market is set for a glut of supply as companies appear to be loosening the capex purse strings once more. The only debate is about when it will come. With cash piles at near record levels, there is little agreement about when firms will need to fund spending with fresh debt, writes Mike Turner. -
Issuers piled into Europe’s high grade corporate market on Wednesday but the deal flow had slowed to a dribble by Thursday with many issuers still on earnings blackouts. Investors showed less enthusiasm for the deals that came at the tightest spreads.
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US alternative asset manager Ares has closed an €11bn European direct lending fund, the largest of its kind.
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The Singapore-incorporated global energy company Puma Energy has bounced back after a planned bond issuance last year failed to materialise, raising $590m in the loan market. Sources say the company’s change of management and reorganisation brought a “sense of relief”.
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Artemis Growth Partners, an ESG-focused investment platform dedicated to cannabis, has hired JP Morgan's E. Stanton McLean, a managing director in the US bank's leveraged finance business.
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Mars Capital, now a subsidiary of Arrow Global, has probably sold controlling positions in two Irish reperforming loan portfolios, securitized in RMBS transactions Grand Canal 1 and 2, with the Grand Canal 1 portfolio rapidly returning to the market in a Morgan Stanley-backed deal announced on Wednesday. The move comes as TDR Capital’s bid for Arrow heats up, with shareholders now ready to vote on approval.
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