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Private credit lender hires to build impact, capital solutions and NAV strategies
Permanent successor not appointed yet
The hire aims to strengthen the bank's middle market direct lending platform
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  • Société Générale has hired a senior banker from Bank of America Merrill Lynch to become its head of global banking, investor solutions, coverage and investment banking in Italy.
  • Increasing interest among banks in lending to Russian companies has got a boost at the start of year, with senior officials expressing surprise and admiration at Intesa Sanpaolo’s decision to fully underwrite a loan supporting Glencore and the Qatar Investment Authority’s buyout of a stake in Russian oil company Rosneft. Dan Alderson reports.
  • A strong start to the year for leveraged buyout deals has helped stoke banker confidence that 2017 could be another solid year for event-driven loans following healthy activity in 2016, even as refinancing business bottomed out.
  • Rabobank’s capital markets operation in Hong Kong has undergone senior staff changes with the departure of a veteran loans banker and the appointment of a new capital markets head.
  • Intesa Sanpaolo is seeking other banks to join the €5.2bn loan it has fully underwritten to support Glencore and the Qatar Investment Authority in their acquisition of a stake in Rosneft, the Russian oil company.
  • In 2016, blockchain went from a buzzword to a ‘must have’ in financial markets, as seemingly every bank and exchange invested in projects and proofs-of-concept. But with so many asset classes having been promised big gains, 2017 begins with a dose of realism about the limits of the technology — and the challenges it poses for regulators. Dan Alderson reports.