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ING has appointed Martjin Bruins as global lead of its structured acquisition finance unit, alongside his existing role as head of the unit in London for origination. -
UK housebuilder Bovis Homes is heading to the debt and equity markets to finance an agreed £1.075bn acquisition of part of compatriot Galliford Try’s business.
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Chinese hotel company Huazhu Group has launched a roughly $1bn loan into general syndication, raising the money in part to help fund an acquisition of a German rival. But bankers are debating whether the borrower should be treated as a real estate company. Pan Yue reports.
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National Bank of Bahrain has made a bid to buy a majority stake in Bahrain Islamic Bank, of which it already owns 29%. The move is the latest in a seemingly endless round of consolidation between Gulf banks, driven by the effort to become more competitive in what many have called an oversaturated banking market.
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A slump in big deals and a quest for fee growth is pushing the big banks into mid-market M&A to an extent that has not been witnessed before, writes David Rothnie.
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Gewobag, the A2/A+ rated German housing company, has launched the first Schuldschein with Euribor floor set below zero, just months after placing €700m of Schuldscheine into the market.
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