Eight banks set for Bharti $5bn mandate

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Eight banks set for Bharti $5bn mandate

Eight banks are in the frame for a $5bn loan backing India’s Bharti Airtel $23bn merger with South African mobile phone company MTN. Although the final terms on the deal are still being thrashed out — and lenders have not yet been fully signed in — market participants are already querying the tight pricing on offer.

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