<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Ruth McGavin - ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ruth McGavin - ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ATAJJwBZyIU/ruth-mcgavin</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Ruth McGavin - </title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ATAJJwBZyIU/ruth-mcgavin</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 05:54:02 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ATAJJwBZyIU/ruth-mcgavin.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Ethical Lending Sweeps Into Europe’s Leveraged Loan Market]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-25/ethical-lending-sweeps-into-europe-s-leveraged-loan-market</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-25/ethical-lending-sweeps-into-europe-s-leveraged-loan-market</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruth McGavin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2021 09:09:08 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i2amZGVVryVI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i2amZGVVryVI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The sun sets behind the city skyline in Frankfurt, Germany, on March 24, 2019. - European stocks opened higher on Wednesday after the U.S. Senate passed a nearly $2tn stimulus package to help rescue the American economy hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic and the Frankfurt DAX has surged from the lows of mid-March around 8200. 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Russian shopping-mall construction may climb to a record this year as retailers take advantage of rising sales by moving into bigger, more modern buildings, Cushman &amp; Wakefield Inc. said. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[German Beauty Retailer Tackles Debt With Hefty Equity Input]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-12/german-beauty-retailer-tackles-debt-with-hefty-equity-injection</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-12/german-beauty-retailer-tackles-debt-with-hefty-equity-injection</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Benitez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2021 16:38:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[PPC Plans Europe’s First Sustainability-Linked HY Bond]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-08/ppc-plans-europe-s-first-sustainability-linked-high-yield-bond</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-08/ppc-plans-europe-s-first-sustainability-linked-high-yield-bond</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Benitez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 11:10:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Junk Firms Are Posing as Green Warriors to Reduce Debt Costs]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-24/yield-hungry-world-wary-of-junk-firms-using-esg-to-cut-debt-cost</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-24/yield-hungry-world-wary-of-junk-firms-using-esg-to-cut-debt-cost</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruth McGavin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2021 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[JPMorgan Says PE Deals to Spur European Junk-Bond Craze: Q&A]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-19/jpmorgan-says-pe-deals-to-spur-junk-bond-craze-in-europe-q-a</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-19/jpmorgan-says-pe-deals-to-spur-junk-bond-craze-in-europe-q-a</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Benitez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2021 11:53:14 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iUulokT4jvwk/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iUulokT4jvwk/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Pedestrians pass the U.K. offices of JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. bank in the Canary Wharf business, financial and shopping district of London, U.K., on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. After a pause during lockdown, lenders from Citigroup Inc. to HSBC Holdings Plc have restarted cuts, taking gross losses announced this year to a combined 63,785 jobs, according to a Bloomberg analysis of filings. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deutsche Bank Ditches Debt Sale for German Opioid-Maker]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-12/deutsche-bank-struggles-to-shift-debt-for-german-opioid-maker</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-12/deutsche-bank-struggles-to-shift-debt-for-german-opioid-maker</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Benitez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2021 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[British Brothers Move Closer to Completing Leveraged Asda Deal]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-04/british-brothers-move-closer-to-completing-leveraged-asda-deal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-04/british-brothers-move-closer-to-completing-leveraged-asda-deal</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Deirdre Hipwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2021 14:50:27 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iah7kRw5wHpA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iah7kRw5wHpA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Customers enter an Asda supermarket, operated by Walmart Inc., in London, U.K., on Monday, Sept. 28, 2020. Walmart Inc. has picked a consortium backed by TDR Capital as the preferred bidder for a majority stake in its U.K. grocery unit Asda, people with knowledge of the matter said.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asda Buyout Deal to Include Largest Sterling Corporate Bond Sale]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-03/asda-financing-includes-largest-ever-sterling-corporate-bond</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-03/asda-financing-includes-largest-ever-sterling-corporate-bond</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruth McGavin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 10:04:58 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iVXfQputW80E/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iVXfQputW80E/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A customer holds a basket of groceries inside an Asda store, trialing new sustainability initiatives, in Middleton, U.K., on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. Walmart Inc. is pulling out of the cutthroat U.K. grocery market after 21 years, agreeing to sell control of grocer Asda to TDR Capital and two brothers who made their wealth in gas stations. Photographer: Anthony Devlin/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Packaging Firm Brings Sustainability-Linked Junk Loans to U.S.]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-28/packaging-firm-brings-sustainability-linked-junk-loans-to-u-s</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-28/packaging-firm-brings-sustainability-linked-junk-loans-to-u-s</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 11:04:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carlyle’s Wind Farm Parts Maker Will Give ESG Savings to Charity]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-14/carlyle-s-wind-farm-parts-maker-will-give-esg-savings-to-charity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-14/carlyle-s-wind-farm-parts-maker-will-give-esg-savings-to-charity</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruth McGavin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 11:17:19 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQmXzor_0Lpw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQmXzor_0Lpw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An onshore wind turbine on the Shepham Wind Farm near Pevensey, U.K., on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. Brexit talks are going down to the wire, and the European Union&apos;s chief negotiator Michel Barnier is threatening British access to the continent&apos;s single energy market as a way of extracting concessions on fishing rights.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[SVPGlobal Picks Banks to Refinance Debt for Kloeckner Pentaplast]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-07/svpglobal-picks-banks-to-refinance-debt-for-kloeckner-pentaplast</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-07/svpglobal-picks-banks-to-refinance-debt-for-kloeckner-pentaplast</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kiel Porter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2021 15:44:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buyers of Walmart’s U.K. Brand Weigh Tying Funding to ESG Goals]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-25/buyers-of-walmart-s-u-k-brand-weigh-tying-funding-to-esg-goals</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-25/buyers-of-walmart-s-u-k-brand-weigh-tying-funding-to-esg-goals</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruth McGavin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2020 08:38:22 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iFtCxsjJn6kw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iFtCxsjJn6kw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A customer holds a basket of groceries inside an Asda store, trialing new sustainability initiatives, in Middleton, U.K., on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. Walmart Inc. is pulling out of the cutthroat U.K. grocery market after 21 years, agreeing to sell control of grocer Asda to TDR Capital and two brothers who made their wealth in gas stations. Photographer: Anthony Devlin/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carnival Returns to Bond Market Without Ships as Collateral]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-19/carnival-back-in-buoyant-bond-market-with-1-4b-unsecured-notes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-19/carnival-back-in-buoyant-bond-market-with-1-4b-unsecured-notes</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruth McGavin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2020 13:38:29 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iK1n90O3kdQ0/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iK1n90O3kdQ0/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Carnival Corp. Miracle and Panorama cruise ships sit acnhored at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California, U.S., on Monday, April 13, 2020. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention extended its “No Sail Order” for all cruise ships by at least 100 days -- or until Covid-19 is no longer considered a public health emergency. Photographer: Tim Rue/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[M&A Glut Too Little Too Late to Save Europe Junk Loans in 2020]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-06/m-a-glut-too-little-too-late-to-save-europe-junk-loans-in-2020</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-06/m-a-glut-too-little-too-late-to-save-europe-junk-loans-in-2020</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruth McGavin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2020 11:50:34 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihHKU6DC_qIU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihHKU6DC_qIU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Customers enter an Asda supermarket, operated by Walmart Inc., in London, U.K., on Monday, Sept. 28, 2020. Walmart Inc. has picked a consortium backed by TDR Capital as the preferred bidder for a majority stake in its U.K. grocery unit Asda, people with knowledge of the matter said. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Banks Behind Asda Buyout Prep $5 Billion Debt Deal for Grocer]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-10/banks-behind-asda-buyout-prep-5-billion-debt-deal-for-grocer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-10/banks-behind-asda-buyout-prep-5-billion-debt-deal-for-grocer</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Husband]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2020 14:26:23 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/isQow7N3DT_E/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/isQow7N3DT_E/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A customer places items from a display of bread goods into her shopping cart inside an Asda supermarket, the U.K. retail arm of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., in Watford, U.K., on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[JPMorgan Sees Central Bank Action Offsetting Risks to Junk Debt]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-09/jpmorgan-sees-central-bank-action-offsetting-risks-to-junk-debt</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-09/jpmorgan-sees-central-bank-action-offsetting-risks-to-junk-debt</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruth McGavin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2020 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bankers Need More Than Tea to Revive Europe’s M&A Debt Pipeline]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-31/bankers-need-more-than-tea-to-revive-europe-s-m-a-debt-pipeline</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-31/bankers-need-more-than-tea-to-revive-europe-s-m-a-debt-pipeline</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruth McGavin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2020 09:54:33 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iyU.b2iEiJZw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iyU.b2iEiJZw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A worker holds a handful of freshly picked tea leaves for a photograph at the Geragama Tea Estate, operated by Pussellawa Plantations Ltd., in Pilimathalawa, Central, Sri Lanka, on Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Sri Lanka&apos;s gross domestic product expanded less than estimated in the last quarter as the island faced its worst drought in decades and tighter monetary policy hurt consumer demand.� Photographer: Taylor Weidman/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>