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AfDB hopes to launch multi-issuer securitization this year
Deal liberates capital and tempts investors to take new frontier market risk
At London investor day, supranational reveals deals and plans for new funding and investments, including fully African project financing
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Opinion polls indicate that South Africa’s incumbent African National Congress party and president, Cyril Ramaphosa, will win the country’s hotly contested general election, held on Wednesday, with a reduced majority. Bankers expect financing business to return to normal soon, after pausing in the run-up to the election. -
Sovcomflot, the Russian shipping company, has signed a 10 year loan facility with three international lenders. Russian syndicated loan volumes remain low, but Sovcomflot is widely regarded by bankers as one of the stronger and more established Russian borrowers.
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A number of Chinese real estate companies have returned to the offshore loan market after struggling to raise money in the second half of 2018. Although some bankers said they are more willing to lend than they were last year, they are also complaining about the size of some deals. Pan Yue reports.
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The European Investment Bank is preparing to launch a new entity — potentially called the European Bank for Sustainable Development — that will focus on sustainable projects outside the EU, GlobalCapital understands.
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The attempt by France to broaden the European Union’s proposed Taxonomy of Sustainable Economic Activities away from the “green niche” has made a good start. Financial officials from all the EU governments discussed the idea on Tuesday, with many member states being “very supportive”, according to sources close to the situation.
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Yapı Kredi Bank signed its spring loan refinancing on Thursday, having wrapped up the deal at $1.03bn. Bank of America Merrill Lynch and UniCredit are coordinators of the deal, which has 49 banks participating. The political uncertainty triggered by the decision to re-run the municipal elections in Istanbul has not dented international lenders’ appetite for financing Turkey’s banks.
