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Stormharbour Securities, BNP Paribas and GreensLedge are among an emerging group of banks and firms looking to take advantage of the collateralized loan obligation market’s building activity. -
The government of Ghana has signed a dual tranche facility totalling around $191.6m from a syndicate of international banks, making it the second African state to tap the loan market since August.
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Mercuria Energy has added its name to the list of commodities companies turning to Asian loans bankers this year, launching a $500m deal that will refinance part of an old loan. In a concession to changing market conditions, the borrower has increased the level it is willing to pay compared to last year’s deal.
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Nestlé, the Swiss foods group, has completed the refinancing of its 364 day credit facility with a new one year deal priced with a margin of just 10bp, flat to the level it achieved last year, as pricing across the rest of the EMEA syndicated loan market rises sharply.
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The steady fall in Asian syndicated loan volumes is fuelling concern among some smaller lenders that the laws of supply and demand will hit them hard — and push down the margins that borrowers are willing to offer.
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The impasse in the leveraged loan market between deal-hungry investors and deal-poor private equity funds is about to be broken by a new rash of aggressive transactions.
