Standard Chartered
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MTN Côte d’Ivoire is raising a $225m-equivalent loan in West African francs while parent company MTN Group, the South Africa-based mobile telecommunications firm, continues negotiations with the Nigerian government over a $5.1bn fine. -
Indonesian television broadcaster MNC Sky Vision is back in the loan market for a $275m borrowing with two lenders at the top. The company was recently slammed by a credit rating downgrade because of rising leverage and weakening performance.
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Standard & Poor’s has cut its credit ratings on Standard Chartered group entities by one notch, becoming the last of the three international ratings agencies to do so over the past few months.
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A slew of unusual CEEMEA issuers this week announced plans to meet with investors: Global Ports Investments, Kenya, Ahli Bank Qatar and Alternatifbank. Some are specified as non-deal meetings while others are focussed on specific deals.
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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.
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Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) launched its $500m loan refinancing on Wednesday after over a year in the making.
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The Republic of the Philippines is getting ready to meet investors to provide them an update on recent economic developments and performance.
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Kenya has mandated three banks for a non-deal roadshow and is “expecting” questions around the rumours about alleged misuse of funds from its last Eurobond outing in 2014.
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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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Adani Transmission has kicked off a series of investor meetings in Asia, Europe and the US to test appetite for an offshore rupee denominated note or Masala bond.
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Indonesian gas-to-power specialist MAXpower Group is looking to rejig terms on a $222m five year syndicated loan sealed in 2015.
