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Hadrien Servais Quoted in Bloomberg on Banks Reshaping Leveraged Debt Deals
Head of the European Private Credit team, Hadrien Servais, was quoted in a Bloomberg article titled “Buyout Bankers Go Big on Debt Pre-Sales to Thwart Fickle Markets”. The piece explains why banks are increasingly securing investor commitments and pricing in advance of leveraged debt deals to avoid mistiming the market, reduce risk, and protect fees and reputation. Hadrien emphasises “pre-marketing has evolved from a price-discovery exercise into a de-risking tool.” He elaborates, “banks increasingly want a transaction substantially spoken for before launch, with the objective being to eliminate as many execution variables as possible before syndication.”
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