The US$4.7bn financing backing security firm adt's jumbo US$7bn buyout by Apollo is expected to provide a clear test of appetite in the turbulent US leveraged finance market. Several investors were surprised that banks agreed to underwrite the financing as multiple deals have failed to be syndicated since the market turned volatile during the second half of 2015 as a result of low oil prices, China's economic situation and US earnings figures.
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