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Garanti saw the syndicate for its latest one year loan shrink by five lenders. Other Turkish banks will have to take note as smaller lending groups are set to become a feature of their borrowing, according to the head of financial institutions at the bank. -
Lifestyle International, which operates the Sogo department stores, is believed to be talking to relationship banks for a loan related to its acquisition of a plot of land in Hong Kong. But the company’s downgrade by Fitch and the possibility of similar action by Moody’s could make things harder at the negotiating table, writes Shruti Chaturvedi.
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China put the brakes on capital outflows again this week, taking aim at both large and small scale transactions amid a falling renminbi. Market participants are digesting the impact of the new curbs, as yet unconfirmed, but some thought that they could weed out dodgy deals and raise the quality of M&A financing. John Loh and Shruti Chaturvedi report.
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The Egyptian subsidiary of Abu Dhabi telecoms firm Etisalat is raising a $278m loan described as having “UAE pricing” because — despite the currency risks involved in Egyptian loans — the deal is secured by the borrower’s offshore foreign currency revenues, according to bankers.
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African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) signed a $872m loan this week at its lowest margin for a two year syndicated deal, according to two bankers on the deal. The borrower also increased the deal size from $600m in syndication.
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India’s Reliance Industries, which asked banks for feedback on a new loan to replace a $1.75bn borrowing signed in November 2013, has picked lenders to arrange the funds.
