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Global warming is coming for portfolios everywhere. Good luck finding any escape
The transaction attracted five lenders and is the first data centre infrastructure project backed by the UK's National Wealth Fund
Omani oil company has pushed out maturity by a year
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There is every reason to be sceptical of the UK’s plan for a national infrastructure bank. Infrastructure is hard to finance because governments are unreliable. Combining hard assets expected to pay back over 30 years with democratic governments that change course every few makes private investors reluctant to treat long-term infra projects as a pure matter of credit risk. -
The first move has been made to consolidate the alphabet soup of industry bodies that try to raise standards in corporate reporting on environmental, social and governance issues — an essential feedstock for responsible investing. More mergers are likely as the private sector races to strengthen its influence before regulators take control.
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Mercuria and Gunvor, the Swiss commodity and energy trading firms, have signed credit facilities for their US businesses, with both companies adding more banks to the deals.
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MUFG is overhauling personnel and its business model to try to escape a cycle of low returns, writes David Rothnie.
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Turkish lender Garanti Bank has raised a syndicated loan, as the country’s top-tier banks continue securing funding at competitive rates.
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Moody’s has issued a stark warning on the precarious position of corporates if there is another mass outbreak of Covid-19 that slows economic recovery. But senior lenders say the syndicated loan market is once again ready to provide liquidity at short notice.
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