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Surging inflation, declining growth and a government on a collision course with Russia hardly provide an auspicious time for Ukraine to bring a zero-fees Eurobond. Time for stiff shots of horilka all round.
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Bankers working on a $15bn request for proposal from Anglo-Swiss mining group Xstrata favour a club deal instead of an underwritten facility. That shows just how difficult the syndication process remains, even for the best borrowers.
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In its attempt to ward off the unwelcome bid from bearings group Schaeffler, Germany’s Continental has put on an impressive show demonstrating how strong its banking relationships are.
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Mervyn King has poured cold water on the idea of supporting UK mortgage lenders more than the Bank of England already has. Yet he ignores the dire liquidity situation in wholesale funding markets at his peril.
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Should the first Asian corporate loan default of the year by Hong Kong swimwear manufacturer Tack Fat set alarm bells ringing for those worrying about regional borrowers’ fallout from the credit crunch? Perhaps, but any worries that this is the first of many in Asia are misplaced: the default of Tack Fat, a clearly troubled company, is one of a kind.
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The syndicated loan market is fretting about the seemingly never-ending stream of deals for Dubai Inc borrowers. Bankers should take heart from recent successes: on current form their concerns are unfounded.