Loans and High Yield
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A number of sub-Saharan African sovereigns are eyeing the Eurobond market, after a year that saw dismally low levels of capital markets issuance from the region. But investors are still on the hunt for yield, market participants say, which can be found in abundance in Africa.
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Windscreen repair group Belron, which owns brands such as Autoglass and Carglass, looks set to become the second borrower to raise an ESG-linked leveraged loan in dollars and euros, adding this feature into a broad financing package of new loans and amendments to fund a €1.46bn dividend to owners D’Ieteren Group and CD&R.
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Moody’s downgraded Indonesian textile manufacturer Sri Rejeki Isman (Sritex) by two notches on Monday, as the company faces rising refinancing pressure.
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Greenko Energy Holdings took $940m from an amortising green bond on Monday, adding to the recent spurt in sustainable issuance from India.
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Property developers R&F Group and CC Land Holdings are jointly looking for a dual currency loan of £476.7m ($653.5m)-equivalent to develop a project in London.
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Hong Kong JunFa Property Company raised $116m on Monday from a well anchored tap of one of its existing bonds.
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Following last year’s redemptive refi, French supermarket group Casino is back in the market for another stab at pushing out maturities, cutting its interest burden, and nudging back towards an unsecured capital structure, with a combined bond and loan offering to pay down its 2024 loan.
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A leaked letter from the European Parliament, seen by GlobalCapital, shows the Parliament has joined in the debate about the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, which has been watered down to make life easier for institutional investors. The Parliament is calling for the rules to be strengthened, to help savers know which investments are green and ensure compliance does not become just a “tick box exercise”.
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Atotech, a UK speciality chemicals technology company, has followed up its IPO last month with a $1.84bn-equivalent loan refinancing, with some of the money earmarked for acquisitions.
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Delhi International Airport (Dial) had to pay a hefty premium for its $450m green bond amid investor concerns about market volatility and the state of the travel industry.
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Indian renewables company Hero Future Energies Asia made its debut in the dollar market on Thursday with a $363m green bond.
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India’s Adani Green Energy has raised a $1.35bn green loan to support the construction of projects under its renewable portfolio.