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  • The Schuldschein and US PP markets pride themselves on rigorous credit analysis, but both were caught flat-footed when UK outsourcing firm Carillion fell into liquidation this week. The likelihood of private debt investors getting their money back is slim, and the knock-on effects on both markets are being disputed, write Nell Mackenzie and Silas Brown.
  • Investec Bank plc, the South African bank’s UK branch, is expected to sign a loan to refinance a $300m facility signed in 2015.
  • UK engineering group GKN slapped down the claims made in a hostile takeover bid by industrial conglomerate Melrose on Thursday, leaving loans bankers facing a long wait before they find out if debt will be needed to fund the deal.
  • The Loan Market Association is consulting with US private placement investors about creating European PP documentation that is more similar to what they are used to — in the hope that the lenders will be more drawn to European companies as a consequence.
  • Axis Bank’s presence in the top group of a recent loan for Oman’s Bank Sohar has once again put the focus on Indian lenders’ efforts to expand their overseas balance sheets. Banks from the south Asian country see FIG deals as a safe gateway to business in unfamiliar geographies — and are keen to step up their game. Shruti Chaturvedi reports.
  • Investment grade loans bankers are licking their lips as a spate of big UK M&A transactions gathered pace this week, with lenders confident that the market will be able to provide financing almost no matter what the terms.