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Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) is poised to make its debut in the international syndicated loan market with a $250m fundraising. -
Western Digital, the US maker of computer hard drives, has widened pricing on its $9.5bn loan package to entice reluctant lenders. The loan will back Western Digital’s $17bn acquisition of SanDisk.
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A $300m dual-tranche loan for a subsidiary of palm oil producer Golden-Agri Resources has wrapped up with just two new banks coming in.
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Oil and gas company KrisEnergy has extended a $111m revolver by one year, according to a release last Friday.
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Taiwanese conglomerate Formosa Plastics Group has increased the size of its latest borrowing to $3.5bn from $2.5bn.
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Indonesia Eximbank, which had been talking to lenders for the past few weeks for a $500m refinancing, has zeroed in on a group of eight lenders for the new club deal.
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Ball Corp, the US metal packaging manufacturer, has signed $4.15bn of debt facilities backing its $6.4bn acquisition of Rexam, the UK can manufacturer.
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Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) will start investor meetings this week ahead of a potential public bond market debut.
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TCC Group subsidiary Berli Jucker Public Co has signed up nine lenders for a €3.2bn ($3.5bn) portion of a larger loan to support its acquisition of retailer Big C Supercenter.
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South Korea’s Shinhan Bank made a strong impression on bank capital investors this week, pricing a 10 year bullet tier two. Some of the credit for the transaction’s success goes to the fundamental strength of the issuer and the investor-friendly structure of the bond, but market participants say Shinhan’s willingness to pay up also deserves kudos.
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Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba is understood to have seen a good turnout for a roadshow held on Thursday for its $3bn syndicated loan. Bankers reckon the pricing and the potential use of proceeds contributed to the appeal.
