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Intesa Sanpaolo will provide Italian companies with €5bn worth of new one to 1.5 year loans, and offer an additional €10bn of debt to customers through existing credit lines, to help steer the nation's economy through the Coronavirus crisis. -
Since the financial crash, the crucial part of relationship banking has been pretty straightforward: offer borrowers cheap cash and become a core lender, then pitch for ancillary business. But the disastrous effects of Covid-19 on corporate finance mean that cozy relationships will be tested, with companies under pressure and in serious need of extra cash. We’ll soon know which relationships were real and which were not.
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The coronavirus crisis is shaking up companies' financing arrangements in the most drastic way since the 2008-9 financial crisis, as firms strive to secure liquidity for what are likely to be many tough months. So far there have been only a few high profile cases of companies drawing down revolving credit facilities, but this is expected to grow, as long-established norms crumble and new patterns emerge.
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Ping An Bank has stepped up in the offshore loan market, launching its first deal on a sole basis for Shandong Energy Group.
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Hong Kong financial services firm Sun Hung Kai & Co has returned to the loan market after nearly four decades for a HK$500m ($64m) deal.
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Central banks are dusting off the 2008 playbook, thrusting liquidity at the banking system and hoping some of it gets through to banks' end clients. It’s better than nothing, but the coronavirus crisis one primarily of corporates — and the rescue toolkit needs updating.
