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  • Commodity trader Trafigura has returned for its annual Asian financing, seeking $1.6bn from the offshore loan market. A number of existing lenders have formed the mandated lead arranger and bookrunner group for the deal, which mirrors the company’s 2014 fundraising in structure.
  • International Airlines Group replaced Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank as the initial lenders in its €1.4bn acquisition facility because the pricing they wanted for the loan was too expensive, according to a banker on the deal.
  • 888 Holdings, the London-listed online gaming firm, will buy rival bwin.party using a $600m term loan and $50m revolving credit facility.
  • GlobalCapital went truly global last week and sent Silver to the streets (beaches) of Greece to report on the Greek debt crisis (drink Ouzo).
  • Chinese company Minsheng Financial Leasing’s $175m-$200m facility may be increased in size following an oversubscription. The Credit Suisse-led loan is due to wind up sometime this week.
  • The pipeline for offshore Indian loan syndications is showing signs of life, with opportunistic corporate refinancings and more borrowing by housing finance companies pushing dealflow. Bankers expect the second half of the year to be busier than a very quiet first six months, writes Shruti Chaturvedi.