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Europe’s largest LBO has found an exit, after US pharmacy chain Walgreens agreed to buy 45% of KKR’s Alliance Boots, with the option to acquire the remaining equity in 2.5 years’ time.
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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced a raft of measures to increase offshore renminbi liquidity last week, inspiring hope among analysts that there will be a lending boom in the currency. But syndicated loans bankers should not get their hopes up. Until more banks actually hold the currency, liberalising the ways they can use it will not have a big impact.
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Sean Malone has resigned from Royal Bank of Scotland to become head of European loan syndications at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ. He will join the Japanese bank on October 1, to take the position that was held by Francesco Carobbi until earlier this year.
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French petrol pump business Tokheim has signed a new refinancing loan of around €200m with eight banks after its owner Motion Equity Partners injected more than €80m of additional equity alongside Fonds Strategique d’Investissement, a new minority shareholder.
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Turkish satellite television provider Digiturk has signed a loan for $260m from four banks. Standard Bank was sole mandated lead arranger and coordinator, and was joined on the deal by ING and Turkish lenders Garanti Bankasi and Isbank.
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Russian aluminium firm Rusal has signed a cooperation agreement with the Export Import Bank of China (Chexim) for up to $850m for a greenfield project in eastern Siberia.