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            <title><![CDATA[Why ‘Payment-In-Kind’ Debt Is So Appealing — and Risky]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eleanor Duncan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 11:08:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Buyout Firms Ramp Up Debt Deals to Pay Dividends]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 12:19:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Golden Goose Is Earmarking €100 Million for Dividend Payout]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2025 09:06:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Demand for Junk Debt in Europe Is So Strong That PIK Is Back]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Claire Ruckin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 09:27:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ocado’s Total Bond Bill Set to Be Triple Last Year’s Amount]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Abhinav Ramnarayan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 08:45:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[German Drugmaker Stada Set to Refinance Debt After IPO Delay]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Claire Ruckin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:31:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Europe’s Junk Bond Market Reopens With First Deal in Weeks]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Abhinav Ramnarayan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 13:11:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tariff Drama Pushes Wall Street Into Arms of Private Credit]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Banks are struggling to offload debt into leveraged loan markets, so they’re calling their biggest rivals.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Silas Brown]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:00:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley No Longer Financing Karo Deal Amid Volatility]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eleanor Duncan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 16:10:06 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A worker enters Morgan Stanley global headquarters in New York, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. Ever since the global financial crisis, in an attempt to align pay to shareholder returns, banks have relied more heavily on restricted stock units when they’re handing out bonuses.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[CLO Rule Jolts Market and Puts €26 Billion of Deals in Focus]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eleanor Duncan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2025 10:23:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Credit Fear Gauges Soar Most Since Banking Meltdown in 2023]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Abhinav Ramnarayan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 10:13:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[European CLO Sales to Slow on ‘Skin in Game’ Guidance, Citi Says]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-03/european-clo-sales-to-slow-on-skin-in-game-guidance-citi-says</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2025 08:57:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Auto Supplier Facing Trump Tariffs Sweetens Junk Bond Offer]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-27/auto-firm-forvia-hikes-pricing-on-dollar-junk-bond-after-tariffs</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 14:32:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Banks Launch €7.45 Billion Debt Sale for Sanofi Unit Buyout]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 09:28:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Refresco Pulls Loan Deal Amid Rising Angst in Junk Credit Market]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:51:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Banks Aim to Sell €8.65 Billion Sanofi Buyout Debt Next Week]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 16:19:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Junk Loan Deals Are Now Getting Pulled on Both Sides of Atlantic]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Claire Ruckin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 18:30:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dash for Trash Is Hottest Trade in Europe’s Junk Bond Market]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 11:42:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[As Europe Rearms, Bond Funds Are Ripping Up the Rule Book]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Debt investors are scrambling to find ESG workarounds to finance defense companies.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 12:00:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence Unleashes Call Center Havoc]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Outsourcing companies are trying to convince investors they can move with the times. ]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eleanor Duncan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2025 16:00:02 GMT</pubDate>
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