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Consumer lending: questions pile up for debt collectors
6 years ago
Cabot’s failed IPO has hit bonds across the debt collection sector – and made investors much more cautious. By Euan Hagger -
Engineering and construction: diversification leads to deepening debt
6 years ago
In trying to build a more global roster of clients, some construction companies may have dug a hole for themselves -
Direct lending leverage takes off
6 years ago
HPS, NXT and Crescent target mid market with leverage in Q4. By Grace Jennings-Edquist -
Spotlight: Data centres - clear skies ahead for cloud providers
6 years ago
Demand for data centres is strong and there is no sign so far that the market is overheating -
US fashion stores: queueing up to exchange old debt
7 years ago
Fashionably loose covenants are allowing under-pressure retailers to turn expensive unsecured debt into senior notes -
Heavy equipment suppliers: slowly crawling out of the mud
7 years ago
There are tentative signs that heavy equipment manufacturers are finally pulling themselves out of the mire -
Rebooting the CLO market
7 years ago
Switching off and on again proved a popular tactic for CLO managers last year as refis and resets helped push issuance to $132 billion -
Gas suppliers: trouble flares at Chinese producer
7 years ago
Yingde has staved off a default, but problems linger in the boardroom and customer relationships are fractious -
Pharmaceuticals: Pass the scalpel for ailing Valeant
7 years ago
Struggling drugmaker Valeant needs more than just expensive medicine to survive. It needs rapid surgery. -
Aluminium: Learning to live with crushed prices
7 years ago
The slump in the price of aluminium has hurt even Chinese producers. That is good news for other borrowers -
Direct lending managers head south in search of opportunities
7 years ago
As Creditflux unveils a new listing that covers the size and success of European direct lenders, managers say that southern Europe offers some of the best opportunities -
Hey, $125 billion isn’t bad
8 years ago
Despite generally gloomy sentiment about the market, 2015 was second only to 2014 for global full-year CLO issuance -
Coal mining: In a hole and still digging
9 years ago
Some coal prices have fallen by almost two-thirds in the past three years – and for heavily-indebted coal mining companies the outlook is black -
Fertiliser production: Caught in a bleak midwinter
9 years ago
Fertiliser makers have invested to prepare for growth – but the outlook is wintry and their cash is dwindling. -
Spotlight on retail: Penney dreadful
11 years ago
JC Penney’s catastrophic trading strategy is proving a case study in subordination risk for bond investors -
Swiss Re’s $750m solvency trigger coco is much riskier than it seems
11 years ago
The new coco from Swiss Re pays 6.375% annually but the trigger is set in an unusual way. Jan De Spiegeleer, Jan Dhaene and Wim Schoutens look at the risk of investors losing out -
European tier two: waiting for Basel
11 years ago
Regulatory uncertainty has deterred some investors from buying European tier two bank debt. But soaring demand from new investors has pushed down spreads dramatically -
Tanker credits sunk by oversupply
12 years ago
The worst should be over for tanker companies but exuberant ordering of new vessels prior to 2009 and high leverage mean that most are still struggling -
Chenavari: the smooth operator
14 years ago
At Chenavari Investment Managers, keeping volatility low helps its flagship multi-strategy fund deliver steady growth and attract large investors -
Staying out of trouble by taking one deal in ten
16 years ago
Sohail Rasul is New York-based head of CDOs at triple-A rated financial guarantee company XL Capital Assurance -
The market where size matters
17 years ago
Who are the biggest cash CDO managers? It's an important question in a market where size brings advantages -
Special report: Synthetic CDO league tables: a year of evolution
18 years ago
Special report: Synthetic CDO league tables: a year of evolution -
End view: Wildcat manager eyes new prey
19 years ago
End view: Wildcat manager eyes new prey
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