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India’s NTPC, formerly known as National Thermal Power Corp, is making a rare venture into the euro loan market. -
The power of Science-Based Targets as a sustainable finance tool was highlighted this week by research which showed for the first time that companies with SBTs are succeeding in cutting greenhouse gas emissions much faster than the wider economy. Many are even ahead of their own targets.
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Corporate default rates are expected to decline towards the end of this year after peaking in the next few months, but the number of borrowers facing a plunge into junk ratings is near a record high. Lenders say that they are taking a pragmatic view on the companies in their loan portfolios to try and prevent defaults.
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Taiwan’s GaleMed Corp is tapping the loan market for a $70m-equivalent dual-currency deal for refinancing debt and dividend recapitalisation.
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In a rare sign that environmental campaigners are having an impact on the financial industry, the burden of financing the Ecuadorian Amazon oil trade has shifted between banks in the past six months. But it is clear the banking industry is supporting the trade in more ways than have yet been uncovered.
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Plastics packaging firm Klöckner Pentaplast (KP) has included an ESG margin ratchet in the loan leg of a refinancing, the first time this has been added to a dollar-denominated loan, though the structure is becoming increasingly common in euros.
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