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Rusal, the aluminium company, is set to sign Russia's first internationally syndicated sustainability-linked loan, for $750m. Some bankers say Russian borrowers are increasingly interested in financings linked to environmental, social and governance factors, as they hope to attract lenders put off by sanctions that have partly isolated Russia from capital markets since 2014. -
China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings (CALC) is seeking its second syndicated loan of the year and has approached banks to co-ordinate the deal.
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Cambodia’s Prasac Microfinance Institution has closed its syndicated loan at a larger size of $180m.
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State-owned Metallurgical Corporation of China (MCC) is seeking a debut $300m offshore loan for a project in Papua New Guinea.
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Investors and banks are pledging right, left and centre to fight climate change. Good for them — but the economy must get to carbon neutrality as soon as possible. This cannot be done until banks and funds refuse to fund more fossil fuels.
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Natixis has become the first bank to introduce a green weighting factor to its internal capital model, so that the way it prices loans is skewed to favour environmentally sound assets and disadvantage polluting ones. The ground-breaking move brings to fruition an 18 month project and anticipates what some believe may one day be demanded by regulators.
