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  • Singaporean agribusiness Olam International has become the latest borrower in the country to offer a loan linked to the Singapore overnight rate average (Sora), a new benchmark.
  • CIE Automotive, the Spanish automotive components company, has signed a €690m syndicated loan, with the borrower switching its main bank line to a facility linked to environmental, social and governance (ESG) measures.
  • Icelandic state owned energy company Landsvirkjun has sold $150m of US private placements under its green finance framework.
  • Goldman gives new positions to Marsh, Verri and Sorrell — Bain picks ESG boss — Falth turns up at Mizuho
  • Sovereign wealth funds from Abu Dhabi and Qatar have started to take ownership positions in new direct lending platforms in Europe and the US. But as Western economies plough into a deep recession, while rival investors still sit on barrels of dry powder, the wealth funds' decision to push into middle market credit now is surprising.
  • New research from analysts at Helaba points to a flight to safety in the Schuldschein market over the course of 2020. Rated issuers are making up a bigger share of deals than they have for a decade, and there have been next to no debuts. Schuldschein arrangers hope this conservative trend does not continue into 2021.