Most traditional high-yield investors "won't touch" £500m worth of junk bonds set to be issued by Manchester United Plc because they are unrated and there are plenty of alternatives, an analyst says.
Earlier this week, Manchester United announced it is to raise £500m through a bond issue in a bid to pay off its debts. The bonds are set to mature in 2017 and will be issued by MU Finance. But Jonathan Moore, high-yield analyst at Evolution Securities, says many investors will be looking elsewhere. "Most traditional high-yield investors won't touch this," London-based Moore told Bloomberg. "It's unrated, so some investors can't take it, and there's a very busy new-issue calendar so there are plenty of alternatives. Most people just won't focus on something with far too much levera...
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