Bain relents to investor demands as Kantar bonds fail to spark joy

Bain Capital has given in to a laundry list of demands from investors as they snubbed bonds for Kantar, resulting in a delay to the deal's schedule. In a rare case of aggressive investor push-back, covenants have now been flexed to the extreme and initial price thoughts look surprisingly high, given the exceptionally favourable market for new issuers.