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UBS generated almost as much profit before tax from its global banking and markets operations in the first quarter as it did across all of last year, it revealed on Tuesday. This was despite taking credit losses and marking down exposures. The bank benefitted from a good turnout in FX and rates and its heavy involvement in a shrunken M&A fee pool. -
Regulators have made adjustments to the timeline for the transition away from Libor as a result of a sudden outbreak of lending, driven by the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic, which has meant banks have had to divert time and resources away from the transition and into deal-making.
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The African business unit of China Nonferrous Metal Mining (Group) Co, a mainland state-owned company, is tapping the offshore loan market for the first time, seeking $300m.
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The pace of change in loan pricing in Europe is leaving smaller lenders behind. The loan market, famed for its sedate speed of evolution, has responded rapidly to the demands of the coronavirus pandemic on its borrowers. But that has hampered banks away from the bulk of the flow, which now struggle to see where their rivals are pricing deals.
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Greencoat UK Wind, the highly acquisitive UK investment fund focused on UK wind farms has entered an agreement to acquire a Scottish wind farm for £320m. Greencoat has all the financing it needs already to complete the deal, scheduled to close in the first quarter 2023, but it is looking at further acquisitions and could turn to equity to finance it.
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After years of not only falling loan volumes but being trounced in their own back yard, Europe's banks finally seem to have an edge against their US counterparts. With loan pricing gapping out in response to the coronavirus pandemic, but companies desperate for cash, the continent's lenders are proving first port of call for local borrowers, leaving US and Asian banks less active. Silas Brown, Mariam Meskin and Mike Turner report.
