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Cambodia’s Acleda Bank has returned to the loan market after a three-year absence, and is testing lenders’ appetite for three different deals simultaneously. -
Vietnam’s VNDirect Securities Corp has tapped the offshore loan market for the first time for a $50m borrowing.
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Investment firm China Renaissance Holdings has closed its debut offshore borrowing of $300m.
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Direct lenders are brandishing low levels of default rates through the coronavirus pandemic as proof of the resilience of the asset class, and are using this track record to attract more investors. But not all funds are equal, and now potential LPs can scrutinise the performance of funds through a full credit cycle and allocate accordingly.
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Thailand’s Charoen Pokphand Group, which tapped the loan market for a $7.2bn bridge loan last year to acquire retail giant Tesco’s Asia business, is now seeking covenant waivers on the fundraising. The move — which bankers say is triggered in part by CP’s plan to offload some of its newly-gained stake in Tesco — has hurt lenders’ confidence in the Thai conglomerate and raised questions around its strategy. Pan Yue reports.
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The UK financial regulator succeeded in persuading a court to throw out Amigo Loans’ scheme of arrangement, a move which may force the troubled high-cost lender to come back with a further proposal to manage its debt — perhaps hitting shareholders and wholesale creditors harder this time, or even handing part of the company to its customers.
