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US and European LevFin Primary Markets Turn Sour as Buy-Siders Become Credit Selective, Demand Attractive Pricing
Reporting: Michael Haley, Melina Chalkia, Caroline Hagood, Daniel Avis Leveraged finance dealmakers across the United States and Europe have had a difficult time pricing primary deals in October as buy-side participants have become more credit selective as rising interest rates rattle market...
Published on Oct 23, 2026
Americas Leveraged Finance Weekly: Market Volatility Complicates LevFin Deals; AI Infrastructure Debt Stalls
Reporting: Caroline Hagood, Melina Chalkia Relevant Item:Primary Tracker Market Overview After a busy start to October, the primary market settled into a slower pace this week but still with a steady stream of leveraged loans and high-yield bonds supporting M&A activity and refinancings....
Published on Oct 23, 2026
Virgin Media O2 bonds slide amid intense UK telecoms competition
Virgin Media O2 (VMED) bonds have sold off as intense competition in UK broadband drives customer losses and weighs on average revenue per user (ARPU) and earnings. The decline accelerated on October 2, when the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued provisional findings against the...
Published on Oct 26, 2026
Data Center Backlash Reaches Municipal Credits; Investors See No Clear Pricing Premium
Reporting: Isabela Fleischmann Relevant Document: Goldman Sachs Asset Management Report (Oct.12) Political opposition to data centers is testing the financial arrangements municipalities have made to attract these facilities, raising questions about tax revenue, infrastructure costs and the...
Published on Oct 22, 2026
UK Broadband: Netomnia Deal Tests Limits of Alt-Net Consolidation; BT’s TalkTalk Rescue Raises New Competition Questions
Credit Research: Rafi Rees Relevant Items: BT Purchases TalkTalk out of Administration TalkTalk CMA Report Due Oct. 19 VMED O2 Bonds Weaken on CMA Findings Regarding Substantial Transaction There are two cohorts of companies competing in U.K. broadband: the companies that own the networks and the...
Published on Oct 7, 2026
UPDATE 1: Getty Images Files for Prepackaged Chapter 11 to Implement Agreed-Upon Plan of Reorganization
Wed Oct 21, 2026 04:11 AM ET: Getty Images Holdings Inc. filed petitions for chapter 11 protection today, reporting $1 billion to $10 billion in both assets and liabilities. According to a press release, the company commenced voluntary chapter 11 proceeding for certain of its U.S. entities to...
Published on Oct 21, 2026
US Software Sector Quarterly: Software Outperformed HY Index Since July as Most Names Reprice, RV Narrows to Oversold Situations; Financing and M&A Activity Reopens
Credit Research: Justin Spuma, CFA Key Takeaways Software capital markets reopened after a sluggish start to 2026, with a measurable pickup since mid September. OpenText and Consensus Cloud addressed upcoming maturities, Bending Spoons raised roughly $1.7 billion, and PTC ($23.7...
Published on Oct 19, 2026
Analysis: VMED O2 Faces £950M Deleveraging Setback as CMA Threatens Netomnia Deal; Retained Network Economics Could Cushion Impact
Credit Research: Rafi Rees Relevant Items: VMED Model UK Broadband Regulatory Explainer Recovery Analysis The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority has cast doubt on the proposed acquisition of Netomnia’s parent Substantial Group by Nexfibre, putting at risk a key pillar of U.K....
Published on Oct 12, 2026
Data Drop: M&A Financing is Back, and North America is Setting the Pace
Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) activity has officially returned to the leveraged loan market. In the third quarter of 2026, acquisition-linked loan volume across North America and Europe reached about $47 billion, up from $30.6 billion in Q2 and $29.5 billion a year ago. North America drove the...
Published on Oct 20, 2026