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  • Tottenham Hotspur, the north London football club, is considering selling US private placements to partly pay off bank loans generated by the construction of its new stadium, several market participants have said. Unlike their US equivalents in the NBA and NFL, professional clubs from the UK are a rarity in the market, as the threat of relegation makes them too perilous an investment to some investors. Silas Brown reports.
  • SC Lowy, a boutique bank headquartered in Hong Kong, has hired Tristan Laurencin as head trader for EMEA loans.
  • Denmark’s Bunker Holding has signed a multi tranche revolving credit facility totaling $1bn, as the shipping fuel and lubrication oils company prepares for a “paradigm shift” headed for its industry.
  • Spain’s Merlin Properties has signed a €1.55bn sustainability linked loan, with the real estate company becoming the latest in a long line of names to add green and social elements to their bank funding.
  • China Forestry International Resources (CFIR) is struggling to obtain its lenders’ consent for a covenant waiver on a loan from 2017. The covenant was breached when CFIR’s state-owned parent, China Forestry Group, provided a guarantee for a $150m deal for another subsidiary launched in February.
  • The US real estate investment trust Reality Income is planning a £300m bond sale to part finance its acquisition of 12 properties in the UK linked to grocer J Sainsbury’s.