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Software loan sell-offs and the Iran war have caused US and European loans to price differently
Leveraged loans in stressed sectors like software carry refinancing risk
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Private equity firm Advent International is raising Eu220m of senior and mezzanine financing for its buy-out of Dutch talc producer Mondo Minerals from HgCapital. BNP Paribas, IKB and RBC are underwriting of senior loans for the deal, while Ares has taken a Eu30m eight year mezzanine portion that will not be sold down.
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Banks are working on a competitive new $1bn three and five year loan for mall and supermarket operator Majid Al Futtaim Holding (MAF), in a further sign of the continued reopening of the Dubai loan market. DP World’s holding company Ports & Freezone World has also launched an $850m five year loan (see separate story).
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DP World’s parent company, Ports & Freezone World, has mandated Citi, Deutsche Bank, Emirates NBD and HSBC to arrange its $850m five year refinancing loan.
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Despite Moody’s downgrading several Slovenian banks by three notches in June, Nova Ljubjanska Banka (NLB) has signed a Eu350m two year new money loan with a ratings-linked margin grid. NLB said that the new loan paid a margin of 150bp.
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State-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corp has approached banks with a $300m loan, the borrower’s second dollar deal in the last six months. But HPC is offering banks a premium on its last deal that it hopes will make it stand out from other Indian borrowers.
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Chinese telecommunications company ZTE Corp has signed a $900m dual tranche loan after four banks joined the deal in general syndication, allowing the borrower to increase the size of the loan for the second time.