LevFin Insights BDC Portfolio News 5-28-19

Posted by Thomas Dunford on May 29, 2019 8:47:56 AM

A trio of issuers launch refinancing efforts for BDC-held credits; ‘net net’ calendar turns negative

High-yield business was brisk last week with primarily off-the-run credits swapping higher coupons for extended maturities, and investors were happy to oblige the trade. The lone M&A-related bond trade, IAA Spinco, cleared with fanfare despite shaky market conditions as the well-rated credit was embraced by both bond and loan accounts alike.

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LevFin Insights BDC Portfolio News 5-13-19

Posted by Thomas Dunford on May 14, 2019 10:32:12 AM

Add-ons abound amid renewed wave of M&A; Autodata deal to take out debt held by PSEC

Momentum slowed in the new-issue loan market last week, with the uncertainty surrounding U.S.-China trade negotiations leaving market participants in wait-and-see mode heading into the weekend. While time-sensitive business continues apace, arrangers readying opportunistic deals appeared to be taking a more deliberate approach as events play out on the international stage. Yet high-yield issuance came at a breakneck pace—the $12 billion output was the highest-volume week in almost two years—as U.S. Treasury yields fell. Moreover, the broad secondary markets took the week’s events in stride, with earnings continuing to drive situational movers.

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Topics: High Yield, Analytics, BDC, market analytics, business development company, LevFin Insights, News, research

LevFin Insights BDC Portfolio News 4-22-19

Posted by Thomas Dunford on Apr 22, 2019 2:27:13 PM

LBOs at API Technologies, GlobalTranz to take out debt held by BCSF, PFLT, Audax, BBDC, PSEC

Loan market conditions continued to strengthen last week amid a paucity of new-issue activity ahead of the week’s early close. Both the bond and loan markets were seasonably slow, with a total of $2.6 billion from five bond deals and $2.1 billion of loans launched via seven issuers. Time-sensitive M&A situations accounted for nearly all of the week’s new deal flow in loans.

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LevFin Insights BDC Portfolio News 4-8-19

Posted by Thomas Dunford on Apr 8, 2019 1:09:10 PM

LBO to take out Wrench Group debt held by Crescent; BDVC's holdings include Hexion’s prepetition notes

Investor demand for large transactions such as Ultimate Software and Staples underscored a palpable shift in loan market tone last week as accounts scrambled to commit to the relatively few deals in syndication. A few stragglers aside, numerous deals have accelerated, upsized or flexed lower in recent days, for a lopsided downward-to-upward flex ratio of 7:3. Bonds, meanwhile, plowed forward with oversubscribed new issuance, steady retail cash inflows, and an upside grind in more active trading.

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Topics: Loans, Analytics, BDC, market analytics, business development company, LevFin Insights, News, research

LevFin Insights BDC Portfolio News 3-25-19

Posted by Thomas Dunford on Mar 26, 2019 9:00:00 AM

Refinancings seen in several portfolios; Barings BDC’s holdings unaffected by Calpine refi

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With the jumbo Power Solutions LBO financing out the door early last week after an over-the-weekend delay, the primary loan market assumed a more subdued tone as arrangers cobbled together a smattering of opportunistic business in the face of a dwindling pipeline. Arrangers continue to flock to the high-yield market for attractive rates—a trend that is likely to continue with the Fed’s dovish stance last week—with Allison Transmission the latest issuer to step forward with a bond-for-loan takeout exercise.

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Topics: Loans, Analytics, BDC, market analytics, business development company, LevFin Insights, News


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