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Consortium of four banks provided financing with one bank new to deal
LBO financing includes $5.75bn term loan to be priced early next week
Consortium of eight banks provided the loan and facility contains 'rendevous' clause for switch to green purpose loan
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Lenders have allowed a cut to Turkish bank margins in their latest refinancing round, according to people familiar with the matter, as the lira recovers from its 2018 crash and the local regulator becomes tougher on bad loans.
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A brutal market for auto suppliers and a string of dividend deals have left Lumileds, a maker of LED lighting and an Apollo portfolio company, staring at a leverage level which could top 14 times by year-end, according to Moody’s. The company’s loan saw the largest price fall in Europe over the last quarter, according to IHS Markit, and is now bid around 47, compared with 70 in June.
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Landesbank Baden-Württemberg has long held the crown as the top Schuldschein arranger, but even as the market internationalises the Stuttgart-based bank has retained its ability to cope with deal flow, as well as push the market beyond its usual borders.
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The UK’s South West Water has amended the margin on a loan to be priced as a spread against Sonia just days after the Bank of England said the loan market needs to do more to prepare for the cessation of Libor.
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Leveraged credit investors are keen to put cash to work this week, and arrangers see a plausible window to execute deals. Opportunistic and strategic financings are both on offer. UK issuers are well represented, nipping through a window before political uncertainty grips the market over the Brexit deadline at the end of the month.
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The Ministry of Finance of the Lao PDR is inviting banks to join a €135m five year loan that Credit Suisse pre-funded in June.
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