Standard Chartered

A $305m three year borrowing for Tata Power's subsidiary, Khopoli Investments, has received commitments from two banks, having been in general syndication since September.

Aditya Birla Group company UltraTech Cement has wound up a $365m dual-tranche refinancing with five lenders in the syndicate.

Kenya’s two year sovereign loan grew from $600 to $750m in syndication, boosted by the lack of syndicated loans elsewhere in Africa this year.

Tata Motors has allocated its $600m dual-tranche refinancing among a group of 36 banks. The company split the amount evenly between a five year and a seven year despite the longer tenor seeing a higher volume of commitments.

Standard Chartered has hired Didier von Daeniken as its global head of private banking and wealth management. He will join in March next year and will be based in Singapore.

Egypt’s Banque du Caire has cancelled plans to raise a loan for as much as $250m, but may consider signing a loan in 2016 instead.

State Bank of India’s $500m loan has been allocated among 14 lenders, with signing scheduled for this week.

Syndication for a $145m loan backing the Blackstone Group’s acquisition of business process outsourcing assets in India is close to winding up.

Italian oil drilling company Saipem has revealed its bank group following the company's debut loan syndication.

Indonesian telco tower company Solusi Tunas Pratama (STP) has asked banks to relax a covenant on a loan raised in May as it anticipates future acquisitions that will change its gearing levels.

Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA) has tied up a HK$5bn ($645m) five year fundraising with a group of 21 banks that were undeterred by the sub-100bp pricing.

Standard Chartered and Lonmin will each begin a new chapter in their stories on Friday, as results are published of their rights issues, books for which closed on Thursday.