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Resets and refis prominent in pipeline as loan market softens, offering respite from repricing wave
The leading deals and organisations of 2024, as voted by the market, were crowned at a gala dinner in London
With private equity plateauing and private credit booming, banks are anxious not to get left out of the party
As Ares raises the largest direct lending fund, Goldman Sachs reorganises to serve the trend
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The detailed rules for the EU Taxonomy of Sustainable Economic Activities look set to come into force, as the European Commission published them on Wednesday, after weeks of intense lobbying and negotiation that had raised the prospect of them being delayed again. Gas will not enter the Taxonomy for now and will be dealt with in separate legislation, but nuclear power could enter the Taxonomy later this year, alarming greens. -
UK gym chain Virgin Active’s restructuring could set a precedent for restructurings of UK retailers. Dozens of retailers have used ‘CVA’ processes to cut their debt burdens, which typically hits their landlords hard but leaves other creditors unscathed. Virgin Active is instead using the new UK ‘super scheme’ restructuring law introduced last year to try to bind landlords and other creditors alike into accepting writedowns.
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European loan bankers were wildly optimistic for their hopes for deal flow in the first quarter, after a new survey from the European Central Bank shows that loan demand was 40% less than expected.
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Hong Kong-listed ESR Cayman, a logistics real estate company, has raised a $400m dual-tranche borrowing.
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Ping An International Financial Leasing, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China’s Ping An Group, is casting a wide net for its $500m loan comeback, in a bid to diversify its financing sources — and its banking relationships.
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Cambodia’s Prasac Microfinance Institution has returned to the loan market for $200m, narrowing pricing by 35bp compared to its last transaction in 2020.
