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German supermarket chain Lidl has raised a £515m-equivalent loan from a consortium of Chinese and Taiwanese lenders for two of its European subsidiaries, in the company’s first outing in Asian capital markets. -
Indorama Ventures, a petrochemicals company headquartered in Bangkok, has mandated banks to raise Schuldscheine via a European subsidiary, according to several people familiar with the situation. The deal is a further sign of the instrument’s growing popularity in East Asia.
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London-listed Warehouse REIT has signed a £220m loan, as the UK urban warehouse owner switches from bilateral to club borrowing. The deal will need to be revisited well before its five year tenor is up, as it is linked to the Libor benchmark that will essentially become obsolete for sterling trades after 2021.
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Credit Suisse has streamlined its investment banking and capital markets operation (IBCM) and is confident that it will return to form after a chastening 2019, writes David Rothnie.
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The risk that huge amounts of oil and gas assets will be stranded by moves to tackle the climate emergency may be more pertinent for sovereign credit than for private sector corporate debt, according to new research.
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UK defence company BAE Systems announced its biggest acquisition for more than a decade this week, spurring hopes for a wave of UK M&A now the Brexit endgame is in sight.
