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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 Airport Authority Hong Kong has boosted the size of its loan to HK$35bn ($4.5bn), after receiving a strong response during syndication. -
Fahmi Quadir, founder of short-only Safkhet Capital, tells GlobalCapital her hedge fund increased its short position in Wirecard as the crisis surrounding it unfolded. She said German regulator BaFin should have properly investigated the claims levelled at Wirecard years ago, and pointed to the problem of auditors developing long-term relationships with companies.
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PetroVietnam Gas Joint Stock Corp has finally signed an offshore loan that closed syndication last year, after delays over registration with the country’s central bank.
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Singapore’s Keppel Infrastructure Trust and Cleantech Solar have raised S$700m ($502m) from a sustainability-linked loan and $75m from a green loan, respectively.
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Taiwanese company Inventec has become a rare example of a company in Asia that has tweaked its loan structure to prepare for the discontinuation of Libor. Progress is still slow, but banks are slowly coming to grips with the big task ahead of them, as the market moves to a new lending benchmark. Pan Yue reports.
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Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), the central organisation for Ghana’s cocoa industry, is in the process of raising its annual syndicated loan, but bankers say the borrower is running into difficulty as lenders’ risk appetite weakens.
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