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Increasing interest among banks in lending to Russian companies has got a boost at the start of year, with senior officials expressing surprise and admiration at Intesa Sanpaolo’s decision to fully underwrite a loan supporting Glencore and the Qatar Investment Authority’s buyout of a stake in Russian oil company Rosneft. Dan Alderson reports. -
A strong start to the year for leveraged buyout deals has helped stoke banker confidence that 2017 could be another solid year for event-driven loans following healthy activity in 2016, even as refinancing business bottomed out.
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A jump in the cost of dollar funds at Taiwanese banks is causing concern in the syndications market even as the overall direction of loan pricing remains firmly downward. Bankers in Taipei said the situation could ease by the end of the first quarter but until then, they face the hard choice of settling for lower returns or seeing their loan books stagnate. Shruti Chaturvedi reports.
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Invitations are out for a $1.8bn Asian loan that will refinance a US term loan B for Novelis. The launch comes about a month after the firm mandated 10 lenders to arrange the borrowing.
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Rabobank’s capital markets operation in Hong Kong has undergone senior staff changes with the departure of a veteran loans banker and the appointment of a new capital markets head.
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Syndication of the acquisition financing loans for Lonza and Sibanye Gold is expected to begin soon, as loans bankers begin 2017 in an optimistic mood.
