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Prada, the Italian fashion house, has made a return to the sustainability-linked loan market, becoming one of the few borrowers in Europe to sign a second deal that links the margin it pays to its sustainability performance.
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Drax, the UK power generation company, has agreed a £226m-equivalent transatlantic acquisition that will be funded in part by existing debt facilities, as M&A bankers expect a rise in acquisitions between the UK and North America in 2021.
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The Public Investment Fund, the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia, has coupled with private equity firm NBK Capital Partners, anchoring a direct lending fund.
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China Taiping Insurance Group Co has raised a HK$8.7bn ($1.12bn) loan to refinance debt taken for the acquisition of an office building in Hong Kong.
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Baidu has become the latest technology company from China to tap the loan market, breaking a four-year absence from syndication for a $3bn transaction. The company wants to take advantage of the growing popularity of tech deals among bank lenders. Pan Yue reports.
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Hapag-Lloyd, the German container shipping firm, has signed bank facilities totalling $889m, its first foray into green financing.
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