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  • A €179.4m loan to support Chinese company Aier Eye Hospital Group’s acquisition of Spanish firm Clinica Baviera has entered syndication with three banks at the helm. The deal is another example of Mainland firms’ eagerness to expand overseas, which is in turn giving the country’s lenders with similar ambitions a leg-up as they venture into relatively unexplored markets. Shruti Chaturvedi reports.
  • Daimler and Landesbank Baden-Württemberg have launched on Wednesday the first Schuldschein issue to be sold using blockchain technology.
  • China Huarong International Holdings has approached lenders for a $800m short-term fundraising, making it the third unit of parent China Huarong Asset Management Co to access liquidity in the syndicated loan market this year.
  • Lonza launched a €300m Schuldschein on Monday. The Swiss medical firm’s debut Schuldschein comes denominated in dollars and euros in a bid to, among other things, attract southeast Asian lenders, with natural dollar lending needs.
  • The Asian M&A market is heating up, providing loans bankers with some welcome relief following a relatively quiet first half. Promising opportunities from the potential spin-off of Hutchison Global Communications (HGC) and the sale of Singapore’s Global Logistic Properties have set the stage for more activity. Shruti Chaturvedi reports.
  • Increasing numbers of commercial banks are investing in seven year Schuldschein loans, as attractive pricing and allocation is luring the lenders further along the credit curve.