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Good evening,

 

Oh how the dealmaking landscape has changed in four weeks!

 

M&A is firmly on the backburner as bankers go about chasing equity raisings, while we are seeing signs of life in the distressed debt market for the first time in a while.

 

As we revealed on Wednesday, a distressed debt fund appears to have got its hands on a slice of coal port WICET Holdings' debt, taking an exposure off a Japanese bank. And that came hot on the heels of a similar trade at Speedcast.

 

Elsewhere, we take a look at which fintech has been working with buy now, pay later play Zip Co, and see how bankers are trying to re-frame education resources company Modern Star in an effort to secure a buyer.

 

Happy reading
Sarah, Anthony and Tim

 

Street Talk Editors

 

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The Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal is firmly back on distressed debt players' radars after one of the group's 22 lenders bailed on Wednesday. 

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M&A price gap blows out, bankers focus on equity

Investment bankers are nothing if not nimble.

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Zip leans on listed payments pal for back up

Buy now, pay later outfit Zip just made it easier for everyone stuck at home to undertake some retail therapy - but it didn't do it all by itself.

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China what? Bankers test Modern Star carve-up

Self quarantining has spilled into dealmaking markets.

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Praemium picks up Powerwrap stake

Bear markets drive industry consolidation and the first real consolidator has shown its hand.

 
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