Rabobank
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Praesidiad, a Belgian perimeter security company, launched the term loan for its acquisition by private equity firm Carlyle on Monday, in what was a busy week for the market. More than €2.5bn of loan deals have been launched in the past four days.
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The European leveraged finance market is set to contend with loan deals approaching €4bn for the start of September. Over half of that is for the German pharmaceutical firm Stada — a deal that could help make funding more expensive for everyone else, writes Victor Jimenez.
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Rabobank’s global head of long term funding, Sjaak-Jan Baars speaks to GlobalCapital about the benefits of covered bond funding, the bank’s expected frequency in the market, the outlook for spreads and prospects for green bonds.
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Over the past five years, banks, regulators and creditors have come to agree on the characteristics of a set of debt capital instruments that, at least in theory, work well for all of them. But recently investment bankers have started to wonder whether or not different structures could do more for the industry. Bank capital could well be on the cusp of yet another shake-up, writes Tyler Davies.
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Rotterdam-headquartered drinks bottle maker Refresco is set to issue over €2bn-equivalent of loans following its $1.25bn acquisition of US drinks firm Cott’s bottling business.
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China Shengmu Organic Milk opened syndication for a Rabobank-led $100m three year financing last week, returning to the loan market after an absence of about one and a half years.
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Hong Kong-listed China Shengmu Organic Milk is set to make a comeback to the loans market about a year and a half after its last visit, as lenders remain wary about the company’s industry.
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Bright Food launched a three year euro bond in Asia on Tuesday, setting initial guidance at 140bp over mid-swaps. The Chinese food and drink producer had roadshowed for a three or five year issue in Asia and Europe last week.
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten (BNG) launched a three year dollar floater on Thursday, pricing at what one of the leads said was flat to the issuer’s curve, deftly navigating a tricky week for dollar borrowing.
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The European high yield bond market welcomed a bursting deal pipeline this week, leaving behind last week’s sabre rattling between investors and issuers.
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Rabobank set a tight final spread on an ordinary senior unsecured bond on Thursday, having given investors a rare opportunity to buy five year paper out of the Netherlands.
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Buyers considering Klöckner Pentaplast’s €1.6bn loan and Manutencoop's high yield bonds forced the issuers to sweeten terms this week, in a now rare sight in the leveraged finance market.