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Market stress so far confined to consumer credit and SMEs across region
Utilities metering company could refinance Schuldschein in coming months
Tight spreads keep Middle East borrowers in bond market, and away from loans
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French TV production group Banijay launched on Tuesday a $2.373bn-equivalent financing package, consisting of secured and unsecured bonds, a term loan and a revolver, to pay for its takeover of Endemol Shine, a Disney- and Apollo-backed Dutch production company. -
Arrangers are confident that a wave of international issuers will enter the Schuldschein market soon, with German borrowers having kick-started proceedings at the beginning of the new year.
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UK defence company BAE Systems announced its biggest acquisition for more than a decade on Monday, as analysts and bankers said last year's M&A slowdown was over and the floodgates were open for big volumes in 2020.
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Techem has now added a €600m high yield bond to the planned repricing of its €2.3bn term loan B, in a sign that bonds are now the more competitive product for some issuers, especially those at the top end of the market.
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Frequent syndicated loan borrower and United Arab Emirates-based aircraft lessor Dubai Aerospace Enterprise has raised a $300m term loan with Chinese banks.
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Intu, the British real estate and investment trust focused on shopping centres, has confirmed it will be tapping its shareholders for equity capital in February, but sources say the company needs to outline its vision for its future, given the headwinds buffeting the UK retail sector.
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