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The syndicated loan market is facing a schism in the way it deals with the transition away from Libor — and unless the famously ponderous market starts to co-ordinate fast, fissures will keep appearing as different regions stick by their favoured replacement benchmark rates. -
Segro, the FTSE 100 UK real estate investment trust, has sold €450m of private placements, according to market sources. The largest tranche was the longest, €200m at 20 years, which is sign of investors' confidence.
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Investindustrial, the European private equity firm, has signed a €600m subscription credit facility linked to environmental, social and governance metrics, as sustainability-conscious finance makes further inroads into the private equity market.
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Premier Oil, the UK oil company, has signed sale and purchase agreements to buy BP assets in the North Sea in a deal that could total up to $565m, with an equity raise earmarked to provide the funds for an upfront payment.
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Eurocontrol, the Belgium based European aviation trade body, has signed a €272m term loan, with the money earmarked for providing liquidity to the aviation industries of member states that have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
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The US Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) has updated its reference rate guidance for the move away from dollar Libor that removes the need to get a lending syndicate’s consent. But trade bodies on both sides of the Atlantic do not agree on the details, writes Mike Turner, and some lawyers claim that major issues still need to be addressed before the ARRC-recommended method can work.
