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  • Subway operator Tianjin Rail Transit Group has raised a €200m Schuldschein loan, becoming the first Chinese company to tap this market. Bankers believe similar deals will follow, given the market’s appeal.
  • A private debt banker for Lloyds Securities in New York has left the bank, with one source suggesting he will start covering US private placements (US PP) for another arranger.
  • Investment grade loans bankers have shrugged off the potential effects of a major global recession on their business, as the inversion of the mid-range of the US Treasury curve deepens.
  • Louis Dreyfus Asia has boosted the size of its annual borrowing to $650m from $500m after receiving commitments from 31 lenders.
  • Freeport Indonesia, a mining company that was acquired by Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) last year, is in talks with 10 banks for a $3bn term loan for its capital expenditure.
  • VC Trade, one of the leading digital platforms in the Schuldschein market, has introduced an e-signature into its syndication process, which its founders claim renders the syndication process totally paperless. An impediment to paperless transactions has been market participants’ fear of regulatory and legal consequences — but VC Trade believes it has managed to navigate a way over these hurdles.