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Tight spreads keep Middle East borrowers in bond market, and away from loans
Kazakh bank doubles the tenor to two years compared to previous deals
Tighter margin loan a 'sign of things to come' for infrastructure lending
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The Covid-19 pandemic is forcing many governments to expand their borrowing programmes. The table below details the impact of the outbreak on the funding requirements of major sovereign bond issuers. -
The US Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) has updated its reference rate language for the move away from dollar Libor, with the group now recommending loans that mature after the transition have an automatic replacement reference rate that does not need special consent to be imposed. But some legal experts warn that there are still major issues with adopting this approach.
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Andreas Petrie, who is thought of as being a key figure in cultivating the Schuldschein market into an established corporate alternative to bonds in Europe, is to retire at the end of the year.
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CPF Investments, a unit of Thai firm Charoen Pokphand Foods, has returned to the loan market for a refinancing of up to $1bn.
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Chailease International Finance is approaching a large group of banks for a new $250m loan. This is in a bid to attract lenders, as other units under its parent company have already tapped the offshore market three times this year.
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Indonesian state-owned electricity company Perusahaan Listrik Negara has changed tack on its loan plans in a bid to seal thinly priced deals in a difficult market environment, writes Pan Yue.
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