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The short tenor and pricing of Gazprombank’s $600m one year club deal have attracted praise from bankers invited to participate in the transaction.
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A €250m two year loan backing South Africa’s Mondi Group’s €240m takeover of Nordenia International has been provided by Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland, according to data provider Dealogic.
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Permira, the private equity owner of frozen foods group Birds Eye Iglo, has cancelled its plans for a dividend recapitalisation of the business after deciding the terms were not attractive enough for the credit. The sponsor has also rejected a joint bid from BC Partners and Blackstone.
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Russian bankers have made fresh calls for standardised loan documentation as senior officials cast doubts over whether the country’s fractured banking system is ready for Basel III.
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Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group has secured a $1bn four year loan from a consortium of banks, giving it the money to take out a $2bn bridge facility that it lined up at the start of the year.
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Strong demand from banks and funds has allowed bookrunners on the senior loans backing EQT’s buy-out of German bandages maker BSN Medical to tighten the yield on the term loan ‘B’ in the borrower’s favour and increase the size of the committed acquisition facility by €50m — taking the total amount of senior loans to €915m.