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Innovation and ambition have been hallmarks of mergers and acquisitions activity this year, but there are some signs of weakness in private equity
Leveraged loans in stressed sectors like software carry refinancing risk
Ferrero International markets €300m deal
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The Asian dollar loan market is set for some new competitors. A number of Chinese joint stock commercial banks are seeking approvals to set up branches in Hong Kong, with a view to arranging syndicated deals. What impact will this have? Pan Yue finds out. -
Commodities trader Trafigura has sent out invitations to relationship banks for its annual refinancing exercise.
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Nigeria’s Indorama Eleme Fertilizer & Chemicals has taken $1bn in debt financing, in the second use of the International Finance Corporation’s Managed Co-Lending Portfolio Programme in a week.
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When 16 banks recently conducted a pilot study on how to analyse climate change risks on their balance sheets, they only published three case studies, and only one bank, Barclays, was willing to put its name to its study.
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Italian tyre company Pirelli has launched a Schuldschein after a six year absence from the market. This is a clear illustration, Schuldschein market participants said, of the resilience of the product, versus the shakier backdrop of public bonds.
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Spain’s Masmovil has completed a second round of refinancing on its bank loans, shaving a further 100bp off the cost of its total debt pile and ramping up the size to €831m.
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