Asia weekly — Vedanta Resources eyes $5bn refi

LevFin summer rooftop drinks

Europe IG Wrap — Supply picks up led by sovereigns in May

US IG Wrap — FIGs dominate the week, Broadcom gets chippy with software on the rise

Excess Spread — Creative centres, new Frontiers

We’ve said it before, but we’ll say it again — Santander UK has an interesting way of managing its securitisation programmes.

Cloud 9fin — Distressed Diaries — Will the SUNs shine on Arxada A&E deal?

Sponsors Bain and Cinven are confident creditors will approve the A&E deal for Arxada, despite opposition from its senior unsecured bondholders. But is that confidence based on sunny optimism?

A Hollywood movie, a Beverly Hills mansion and a lender lawsuit — Inside the debt-fueled war for Archie Comics

Archie Andrews was headed to Hollywood. In August last year, Universal Studios struck a deal to bring Archie, the carrot-top protagonist of the 85-year-old comic book series by the same name that brought iconic characters Veronica, Betty, and Jughead to life, to the big screen.