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Since the financial crash, the crucial part of relationship banking has been pretty straightforward: offer borrowers cheap cash and become a core lender, then pitch for ancillary business. But the disastrous effects of Covid-19 on corporate finance mean that cozy relationships will be tested, with companies under pressure and in serious need of extra cash. We’ll soon know which relationships were real and which were not. -
The coronavirus crisis is shaking up companies' financing arrangements in the most drastic way since the 2008-9 financial crisis, as firms strive to secure liquidity for what are likely to be many tough months. So far there have been only a few high profile cases of companies drawing down revolving credit facilities, but this is expected to grow, as long-established norms crumble and new patterns emerge.
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Private debt funds in Europe may be the hot new thing to some in capital markets but they could be about to come of age, having never been through a serious credit downturn before. The market is under scrutiny over how it will cope with the credit ramifications of Covid-19.
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Air France-KLM has taken a series of exceptional measures including drawing down on €1.765bn of bank debt, as some lenders say that the industries worst affected by the coronavirus pandemic will lean heavily on their lending banks.
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Banks have submitted their proposals to Malaysian telecommunications company Axiata Group, which is seeking $800m from the loan market for refinancing.
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British American Tobacco has signed the first multicurrency revolving credit facility that uses a variety of risk-free rates as benchmarks, potentially clearing a hurdle that loan market participants have long said was hindering the transition from Libor.
