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Pharmaceuticals and energy transition also ripe sectors for M&A
Munich-based company's deal is one of five launched this month
Big deal joins light supply in January
Bankers say deals are still being launched and believe international rivalry can be negotiated
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UK transport operator FirstGroup has raised dollar funding in the US private placement market in a bid to refinance sterling bonds expiring in September. According to one agent, the transaction was twice subscribed despite 15 other borrowers also being in the market. -
Carmaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has amended its existing €6.25bn revolving credit facility to stretch out the maturity to 2023, but loans bankers are concerned about the low volumes of business to look forward to.
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Agricultural commodities trader ED&F Man has signed three revolving credit facilities totaling $1.128bn, bringing the UK company’s committed funds to more than $2.4bn at a time when the company’s sugar and grains businesses have taken a hammering.
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UK drug maker GlaxoSmithKline agreed to buy Novartis’ 36.5% stake in the pair's consumer healthcare joint venture just days after backing out of an acquisition for a similar Pfizer unit. But analysts disagree whether GSK’s ratings are being stretched to breaking point despite the new trade being far smaller.
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BoCom International, the Hong Kong unit of China’s Bank of Communications, has launched a new HK$4bn ($509m) loan into general syndication, just weeks after its Macau unit opened a $500m club-style deal.
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JD Sports, the UK athletic wear company, has agreed a new revolving credit facility underwritten by existing relationship banks Barclays and HSBC to finance its approximately $558m acquisition of the US’s Finish Line.
