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Turkey’s Vakifbank will be the first of the country’s financial institutions to match the 145bp all-in benchmark set by Akbank’s $1.25bn loan signed on March 20, a Vakifbank spokesperson confirmed. The Vakifbank deal is set to sign imminently.
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Silvermine Capital Management’s $462.4 million collateralized loan obligation brings issuance in the first week of April to $1.4 billion; a week that also saw some of the tightest levels seen in the primary market since markets fell off amid last summer’s macroeconomic turbulence.
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The syndication of a leveraged loan in Europe with public flex terms may be one step closer after CVC and ValueAct Capital Partners withdrew from the bidding for UK banking software firm Misys — leaving private equity firm Vista Partners a clear path to acquire the company.
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ED&F Man increases revolvers to $1.93bn UK commodities broker ED&F Man has signed two loan facilities totalling $1.93bn, replacing $1.684bn of outstanding loans.
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The European leveraged loan market sparked memories of the LBO boom years of 2005-2007 this week with the remarkably successful syndication of the debt package backing the buy-out of Iceland Foods.
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Some 60% of syndicated loans market participants believe that cheap funding from the European Central Bank’s long term refinancing operation (LTRO) is creating a bubble in the bank lending market that is masking a long term problem about banks’ access to liquidity.