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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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Dalata, the Irish hotel group, has amended its main revolving bank facility to increase the size to €364m and take a break from covenant reporting. Loans bankers say the hospitality industry will still need more concessions from lenders, despite starting to reopen across Europe.
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KKR has closed two bilateral loans to support its acquisition of Vinhomes Joint Stock Co, GlobalCapital Asia understands.
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Olam International has made a quick return to the loan market, raising a ¥25bn ($233m) Samurai facility.
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JP Morgan has extended its lead in European investment banking, scotching accusations of a retreat and dashing hopes of a change in the status quo, writes David Rothnie.
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UK universities face financial peril. Having been shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic, some risk going bust, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). Meanwhile, as accommodation operators grant refunds to students who are locked out and locked down, CMBS deals backed by student accommodation may survive, if sufficient numbers return to residences when the next academic year begins. Silas Brown and Tom Brown report.
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Swedish alarm firm Verisure underlined improved leveraged finance conditions when it returned to market for a refinancing. The company was the first European high yield issuer out after the coronavirus crisis, with a tentative floating rate note in April, but its latest refi proved to be a blowout, with a huge size increase and pricing through talk.
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