Latest emerging markets loans news

• BRI allocates $700m among 27 lenders

  

  Bank Rakyat Indonesia has closed its $700m offshore syndicated loan with 15 participants joining during syndication.

  • 22 Mar 2019

• People moves in brief

  Nomura strengthens special situations team — JP Morgan’s Orssten retires — Gamekeeper goes back to being poacher at Rand

  • 21 Mar 2019

• Frasers raises second green loan in six months

  

  Singapore’s Frasers Property has closed a S$785m ($581m) green loan, the second green borrowing in six months.

  • 21 Mar 2019

• Chinese offshore borrowers see dollar loans get tougher

  

  Bestway Global Holding this week became the latest Chinese debutante to find the offshore loan market tough going, falling short of its intended deal size. Debut names will face worse market access this year and will need to rely upon guarantees, onshore banking relationships and the reputation of their industry sector to have the best chance of securing international money, writes Pan Yue.

  • 21 Mar 2019

• Cocobod plants ESG loans in EM, but not all taste the sweetness

  

  Ghana Cocoa Board has signed its first sustainability-linked loan facility, kick-starting this year’s environmental, social and governance financing in emerging markets. The deal emerges as a trio of global trade bodies have launched a set of standards to codify this fast-growing market segment, which some financiers are still trying to come to terms with. Mariam Meskin and Mike Turner report.

  • 20 Mar 2019

• Sustainability-linked loans get their own standards

  

  A trio of global loan trade bodies has launched the Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles, intended to codify the rapidly growing market of bank facilities with margins tied to how the borrower performs under sustainability metrics.

  • 20 Mar 2019

• Confidence in EM rally waning, says Jupiter

  

  Some investors are beginning to fear that the rally in emerging markets is running out of rope. Threats to Chinese growth could carry over and damage the prospects of emerging markets economies, according to Jupiter Asset Management.

  • 20 Mar 2019

• CIMC leasing unit debuts with $180m borrowing

  

  CIMC Financial Leasing, the leasing unit of China International Marine Containers, has debuted in the offshore loan market with a $180m three year facility.

  • 20 Mar 2019

• Uralkali to raise $1bn refi but Russian mart riddled by obstacles

  

  Uralkali, a Russian potash fertiliser producer, has sent out a request for proposals to lenders in a bid to raise $1bn. But bankers say that the Russian market is beset with difficulties that are delaying the few transactions in the pipeline.

  • 19 Mar 2019

• Bestway closes debut borrowing at $88.9m

  

  Chinese outdoor leisure products developer Bestway Global Holding has closed its debut offshore borrowing at a reduced size of around $88.9m.

  • 19 Mar 2019

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