Standard Chartered
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South African lender Investec has secured a syndicated loan facility, with a consortium of 29 international banks. Bank borrowers are continuing to lean on their relationship lenders in South Africa, though the environment in the country remains challenging. -
The Saudi-headquartered Islamic Development Bank is set to sell a dollar bond on Wednesday, having launched the deal on Tuesday. The sustainability sukuk is one of two FIG deals from the Gulf region this week, as Kuwait’s Boubyan Bank also entered the market for a dollar sukuk.
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The Republic of Ghana, one of the few African sovereigns to have tapped capital markets last year, this week mandated banks to arrange a dollar bond. The multi-tranche bond, market participants say, will demonstrate investors’ appetite for high yield credit.
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Vietnam’s Masan Group Corp, an investment holding company operating in the food and beverage and consumer retail industries, has increased its borrowing to $350m after receiving strong response from 23 banks during syndication.
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The Islamic Development Bank mandated banks on Monday to arrange a sustainability sukuk, having forayed into the market last year with a Covid-focused deal. Fellow Gulf-based issuer Boubyan Bank has also mandated banks for a dollar sukuk.
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The UK Debt Management Office on Monday chose the banks to lead the sale of its second sukuk via syndication. Like the sovereign’s debut sukuk in 2014, none of the UK’s Islamic banks are included on the mandate.
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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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India’s Adani Green Energy has raised a $1.35bn green loan to support the construction of projects under its renewable portfolio.
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German state-owned development bank Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau (KfW) made a rare public green outing in the offshore renminbi market this week, raising Rmb1.25bn ($192m) from a deal that saw strong participation from green and ESG investors.
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Singapore's Clifford Capital returned to the offshore bond market this week to raise $500m.
