Rosneft loan thought to bypass syndication in European market

Plans for a loan to fund the €10.5bn purchase of a 19.5% stake in Russian oil company Rosneft by a consortium of Glencore and the Qatar Investment Authority, announced on Thursday, have left loans bankers in Europe baffled. It is not clear whether it will be syndicated or supplied by only one lender, and there are suggestions that domestic Russian lenders could provide the funding.