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Syndicated lending volumes, particularly across emerging markets, have tumbled since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic last year. Though some had hopes that 2021 would yield more activity for lending desks, that optimism has been postponed to next year, as lenders say they simply cannot compete with other asset classes for business. -
China Taiping Insurance Group Co has raised a HK$8.7bn ($1.12bn) loan to refinance debt taken for the acquisition of an office building in Hong Kong.
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Baidu has become the latest technology company from China to tap the loan market, breaking a four-year absence from syndication for a $3bn transaction. The company wants to take advantage of the growing popularity of tech deals among bank lenders. Pan Yue reports.
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Mining Industry Indonesia, a holding company for the government’s stakes in five domestic mining firms, is seeking an up to $750m borrowing from the loan market.
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Banks operating in Hong Kong are actively pushing for the adoption of alternative risk-free rates as the deadline for phasing out Libor, the old lending benchmark, approaches.
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Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank is in discussions with lenders for a comeback to the loan market.
