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Greater China issuers are eagerly turning to the international loan market again for funding, encouraged by low pricing and flush liquidity to refinance debt early and raise new money. But there are still many roadblocks, with banks cautious about predicting a quick recovery to pre-Covid levels. Pan Yue reports. -
German retailer TEDi has launched a Schuldschein, in the first deal to hit the market since the Easter break.
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Iqbal Nasim, head of financial institutions at ICBC (London), will leave the bank in the middle of April to set up a desk at a smaller Asian lender.
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The European Leveraged Finance Association and the Loan Market Association are teaming up to produce guidance for incorporating ESG criteria into leveraged loan terms, with a timeline to publish standards by the end of April. The aim is to provide the infrastructure for the leveraged loan market to adopt ESG standards more widely.
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The G20’s Financial Stability Board is cranking up its action on climate change again now that Donald Trump is no longer US president. This will feed the hopes of some sustainable finance supporters who want the FSB to drive progress on issues including environmental accounting.
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Drax, the UK power generation company, has had the final approvals waived through for its £226m-equivalent debt-funded acquisition of Canada’s Pinnacle Renewable Energy, as debt bankers say the M&A pipeline is strong for the second quarter.
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