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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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Swiss medical firm Lonza has refinanced its term debt and revolving credit facilities, in dollars, euros and Swiss francs. -
Ratings, huh. What are they good for? Absolutely nothing — at least not when push comes to shove in the financing of Turkey's banks. Moody's downgrade to the Turkish sovereign and the country's banks in June sparked concern among syndicated lenders. But as another round of refinancings begins, pricing is tightening and banks are heaping praise upon their Turkish counterparts.
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Chinese home appliance retailer Suning.com is seeking a $500m term loan to support its acquisition of French supermarket company Carrefour’s mainland China business. Although there are doubts about Carrefour’s future operations, bankers are still keen to maintain a relationship with the borrower.
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Chinese company Avic International Leasing Co is seeking a $150m syndicated loan. It has mandated First Abu Dhabi Bank as the lead, the first time the Middle Eastern lender has bookrun a Chinese deal on a sole basis.
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Radius is set to become the first housing association from Northern Ireland to issue US private placements, with Barclays prepping a deal of at least £100m.
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Two of the smaller airports in England are looking to raise US private placements, according to sources in the market, as players note that airports and port operators in Australia and Europe have carved out a particularly strong section of the market in the past 12 months.
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