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China’s central bank has shaken up the way banks quote lending rates, reforming an interest rate benchmark to more closely track the market. But onshore bankers expressed doubts about the move. Rebecca Feng reports. -
A $170m loan supporting Blackstone’s acquisition of Essel Propack (EPL) has been launched into general syndication, attracting two lenders already.
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Sunac China Holdings has raised a $280m loan term from five lenders.
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China introduced its new benchmark rate, the loan prime rate (LPR), over the weekend, with the first rate published on Tuesday. The reform, which aims to help companies lower their funding costs, is likely to boost the onshore market but will make the already slow offshore market even more difficult.
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Albaraka Turk Participation Bank and the Islamic Development Bank have signed a $40m Islamic financing facility to support small and medium enterprises in Turkey.
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China unveiled a new benchmark rate, the loan prime rate (LPR), for loans this week. While hailed as a groundbreaking step towards making its benchmark lending rate more market-driven, the mechanism for determining the LPR in fact grants the central bank more control over the country’s interest rates.
