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  • Direct lending funds have raised more money than ever this year, and are writing ever bigger cheques in the sort of investments usually done by broad syndication. However, in all but a handful of cases, syndicated financing is the better option.
  • Ermewa, a train lessor owned by France's state-owned railway company SNCF, is set to sell private placements to a collection of six institutional investors — none of which are from France.
  • Akuo Energy, a French renewable energy producer, has sold €45m of green Euro Private Placements (Euro PP), as the sustainable element in the market grows.
  • The Society of London, better known as Lloyd’s of London, has raised £300m ($387.15m) in its first US private placement (US PP) in its 333-year history. The insurance market achieved tighter margins with lengthier tenors, according to market sources, as the A+/AA- rated borrower benefited from US institutions swapping back to dollars.
  • UK water companies have a tricky December to navigate. The UK opposition Labour Party on Thursday made an election pledge to renationalise them, while they also face regulators' desires to toughen the financial regime under which they operate. Silas Brown reports.
  • Schuldschein salespeople, ever on the hunt for new investors with deep pockets, are targeting institutions with environmental, social and governance (ESG) portfolios as the trend for green deals flourishes.