Calyon Securities

LONDON, November 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TFG today announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Calyon and certain of its affiliates (collectively, "Calyon") under which TFG will acquire Lyon Capital Management LLC ("LCM") and certain collateralized loan obligation ("CLO") securities. LCM was established by Calyon, the Corporate and Investment Bank of Credit Agricole Group, as an asset manager in 2001 and currently has approximately $2.5 billion of loan assets under management. It is intended that the existing LCM management team will continue in their current roles. Paddy Dear, a director of TFG and a principal of Polygon Credit Management LP, the investment manager of TFG (the "Investment Manager"), commented: "We are very excited about the opportunity to bring LCM, a profitable operating business, into TFG's asset pool. We think that the introduction ...

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Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WM) announced today that it has priced an underwritten public offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of 6.125% senior notes due November 30, 2039 under a shelf registration statement previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The notes ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WM) announced today that it has priced an underwritten public offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of 6.125% senior notes due November 30, 2039 under a shelf registration statement previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Waste Management Holdings, Inc. The notes are expected to be assigned ratings of BBB by both Standard & Poor's and Fitch and Baa3 by Moody's. The offering is expected to close on November 17, 2009. ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Swift Energy Company (NYSE: SFY) announced today that it increased the size of its public offering of Senior Notes due 2020 from $200 million to $225 million, and that it is calling for redemption all of its outstanding $150 million 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2011 in accordance with the terms of those notes. The new Senior Notes, which carry a coupon rate of 8 7/8%, are being sold at 98.389% of par, which equates to an effective yield to maturity of 9 1/8%. Interest on the Senior Notes will be payable on January 15 ...