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AfDB hopes to launch multi-issuer securitization this year
◆ French firm takes €700m with unrated deal ◆ Double digit concession needed ◆ Deal prices inside debut, but returns higher yield
Deal liberates capital and tempts investors to take new frontier market risk
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The over-the-counter derivatives market is one of the last areas still barely touched by the wave of interest in environmental and social issues that is sweeping financial markets. But below the surface, derivatives players want to get involved. That was highlighted publicly on September 5 when Enel, the Italian power and gas group, engaged with Société Générale in what it called “the world’s first Sustainable Development Goal-linked cross-currency swap”.
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Several participants familiar with the London Stock Exchange Group's (LSEG) bid to buy Refinitiv are unimpressed by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing's (HKEX) £31.6bn bid for the LSEG itself and believe it unlikely to tempt shareholders. Silas Brown and Karoliina Liimatainen report.
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Two UK airports set to sell US private placements - Market first as Northern Irish housing association seeks US PPs - Kernel set to secure yet another facility, as EBRD continues Ukrainian push - RMB Mauritius secures loan, months after dollar debt transfer
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Nissan has sold upwards of $600m US private placements in the first US PP deal for any Japanese car company, according to several people familiar with the situation. Headline deals from car companies in both European and US private debt markets this year has led market players to believe private investors are taking a rather forgiving approach to the industry’s challenging moment. Silas Brown reports.
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Battersea Power Station, the former power station on the banks of the Thames in London, has got £600m of additional term loans for the third phase of its redevelopment.
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Myanmar has made a raft of regulatory changes to attract foreign investment, removing ownership limits and cutting red tape. But senior figures in the country admit that poor infrastructure is a major problem — and the solution requires private capital. Morgan Davis reports.
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