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Several investors have told GlobalCapital of their concern for the outlook of UK universities as borrowers. They worry that the spread of coronavirus will hit revenues, lower the demand from international students and may in the end hasten a shift towards remote learning. -
UK budget airline EasyJet has signed two new term loans totalling around £400m ($497.37m) and drawn down on an existing revolver as the airline industry, battered by the coronavirus pandemic, continues to slash costs and build capital in the hope of seeing landing lights after the storm passes.
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Christopher Mallon has joined Lazard’s financial advisory team as a senior adviser concentrating on global restructuring, at a time when that line of business is likely to become very busy.
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Chinese hotel company Huazhu Group, previously known as China Lodging Group, is asking lenders’ consent to waive some of the financial covenants on a recent syndicated loan.
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Insolvency and restructuring practitioners have been catapulted into an unprecedented whirlwind of activity by the coronavirus, as even healthy companies suddenly find themselves staring over a financial precipice. In the UK, the government will change insolvency rules to ease these situations, but specialists believe there is more to be gained by using existing laws better.
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JP Morgan has taken an $820m writedown on its book of bridge loans, nearly halving its investment banking revenues for the first quarter. However, the bank is not hurrying to exit these positions. Chief executive Jamie Dimon said “a couple” of its bridges could be syndicated this quarter if conditions are supportive.
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