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  • Syndication of Kingfisher's Eu2.4bn acquisition facility has been closed and banks will be signed into the deal next week. Kingfisher's takeover of 45% of French DIY chain Castoroma this week received approval from independent bank Rothschild & Cie. The deal still needs regulatory approval before the takeover can proceed.
  • A seven bank arranger group has been mandated to arrange a $250m two year term loan for Cho Hung Bank. They are ABN Amro, Crédit Lyonnais, Development Bank of Singapore, ING, Natexis Banque Populaires, Standard Chartered and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.
  • Rating: Aaa/AAA Amount: £200m
  • Although there has been no news about the sale of Kwikfit, a banker working on the deal this week confirmed that the company's US parent Ford is still in discussions with potential buyers. "The vendor and bidding sponsors are mulling how much debt the business can take and what the growth prospects of the business are," said the banker. "But the sale is still on the cards."
  • Rating: Aa2/AA/AAA Amount: Eu100m
  • Rating: Aa2/AA/AAA Amount: Eu100m
  • Rating: AAA (Fitch) Amount: Eu100m Landesschatzanweisung
  • The £1.5bn loan for Land Securities which was launched into general syndication in mid-June has been closed oversubscribed. Barclays Capital (joint bookrunner), Citigroup/SSSB (joint bookrunner), Lloyds TSB (joint bookrunner, documentation, facility agent), and the Royal Bank of Scotland (joint bookrunner) are arranging the deal.
  • Following months of discussions, the export credit agencies that will participate in the $4bn project financing for the Nanhai petrochemical project through CNOOC & Shell Petrochemicals Co have been finalised. The group comprises JBIC, NCM, Nexi, Sace and US Ex-Im although no structure has been formalised yet.
  • Citigroup has reshuffled the bankers covering project finance for the US and Asian energy and power sectors, removing veteran dealmaker Joe Casson and replacing him with New York-based bankers Peter Ho and Daisy Yao. Casson, who was Citigroup's senior energy and power transactor in the region, is heading back to the US after being on an international rotation for seven years.
  • Investec kicked off marketing for its London Stock Exchange (LSE) listing this week and announced that it was also to raise around £100m from the issue of new shares. The South African financial firm has chosen to issue 10m new shares, representing 8.4% of its share capital, to increase the liquidity of the stock when it begins trading on the LSE.
  • Lebanon's Crédit Libanais this week launched a well received block trade of $60m of three year bonds in the face of a choppy new issue market. Sole lead managed by Deutsche Bank, the par priced issue - increased from an original target amount of $50m - featured a 9% headline coupon to give a launch yield of 9% and spread of 619bp over US Treasuries.