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Emerging Market Loans

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  • Central and Eastern Europe will be the hardest hit of all emerging markets by bank retrenchment as just four eurozone banks make up more than half of lending to the region. UniCredit, RBI, Erste and KBC represent about 54% of the €425bn lent in CEE, according to Morgan Stanley research.
  • Export financing appetite in the CIS is set for a boost after dual announcements from Russia and Ukraine that the countries are in varying stages of creating export credit agencies.
  • EM loans bankers are using the general syndication of the $1.5bn Norilsk Nickel pre-export financing to judge how well the market will react to Russian risk in the midst of eurozone woes.
  • Bankers working on a $240m loan from China's Home Inns & Hotels Management are planning to allow banks to commit to the deal until the end of November, and are considering launching another round of syndications in December.
  • Russian telecoms firm Vimpelcom has attracted 10 banks – four of them new lenders – to a $500m club deal, according to bankers. Each bank has taken a $50m commitment.
  • Malaysia's KL Eco City has obtained a RM460m ($142.63m) seven-year club term Islamic financing facility. HSBC acted as sole coordinator and bookrunner as well as joint lead arranger and facility agent of the transaction. Other banks on the deal included Hong Leong Islamic Bank and Bank Mualamat Malaysia.