Lloyds Bank
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Rolls-Royce, the UK jet engine maker, has signed a £1.5bn short term revolving credit facility, as lenders say European and US aerospace companies are having to approach fundraising in vastly different ways. -
Lloyds Bank has got most of its covered bond and senior funding out of the way already this year — ideal, given the threat of the coronavirus pandemic to both bond markets and the wider economy. But the bank has also been busy optimising its capital stack, which should support its lending just when it is most needed.
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The UK Debt Management Office has chosen the banks to lead what will be the first of an unprecedented two syndicated offerings in a single calendar month as it prepares to finance a substantial increase in its borrowing requirements.
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Lloyds Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland have decided not to charge clients an arranging fee when lending via the UK’s Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS), while HSBC will not charge any early repayment fees.
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The UK’s RPS Group, a professional services consultancy firm, has signed a £60m short term revolving credit facility that sits alongside its main bank revolver, as borrowers continue to build their access to liquidity in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Marks & Spencer, the UK retailer, has negotiated with its lenders to relax the covenant testing on its £1.1bn revolving credit facility, as it tries to mitigate the effects of a pandemic that has sent its ratings crashing into junk territory.
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The UK’s EasyJet is about to have $500m of funds released to it, after the budget airline sent a utilisation request to its banking group at the start of the week.
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UniCredit has said that it will redeem €2.5bn of tier two capital next month, with regulators allowing banks to manage their debt capital stacks freely during the coronavirus crisis.
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Riverside Group has signed what it claims to be the first loan in the UK's social housing sector priced over the Sterling Overnight Index Average (Sonia), as signs of innovation continue in the loan market despite the crushing effect of the coronavirus pandemic.
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European banks broke a five year record for funding volumes in the first quarter, despite steering clear of markets for most of March. Their blistering start to the year will help them to sit out a while longer, as they wait for funding costs to settle during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Mandates are rolling in for high grade corporate issuers, as syndicate bankers disagree about whether the blistering pace of the market can last.
