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Asian loans bankers are steeling themselves for a difficult first quarter to 2012, after a sharp tightening in liquidity at the end of last year, senior bankers said this week.
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Chinese manufacturing group Shandong Heavy Industry Group - Weichai Group has acquired a 75% interest in Italian luxury yacht maker Ferretti, with the Ferretti’s existing creditors taking a 25% stake through a debt-for-equity swap.
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The offshore renminbi loan market is not going to grow without a reference rate for pricing, but Hong Kong’s Treasury Market Association is waiting until there is more widespread liquidity before pushing for a market rate. They should not wait too long: the sooner an interbank rate is launched, the sooner liquidity will improve in the market, said John Corrin, chairman of the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association, on Monday.
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A $200m pre-export finance loan for Ghana’s Cocobod is likely to be launched to limited syndication next week, according to a banker close to the transaction.
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Polish oil firm PKN Orlen is believed to be paying 150bp over Libor for a $400m loan that it is using to move some oil assets off balance sheet. The firm has opted to monetise just one oil storage cavern (each being worth $400m), having earlier considered doing more with a larger loan.