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Centralisation, competitiveness and cyber-risk will be political flashpoints
Société Générale and Standard Chartered provided euro and yen tranches respectively in first World Bank-backed transaction involving the Japanese currency
HSBC, Mizuho and Standard Chartered coordinated deal which drew 10 lenders
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Turkey’s Akbank will not refinance its one year loan signed last August until September, as that corresponds to when the borrower drew down on the facility, a source close to the bank said. -
Graham Tufts has left his position as vice chairman of leveraged and acquisition finance at HSBC and is understood to be joining Royal Bank of Canada in a senior role.
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Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox has sharply increased its offer for UK media company Sky in a deal that values the company at £24.5bn. The offer includes an increased bridge loan and millions more in fees for the arrangers.
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HSBC has hired two bankers, one from Credit Suisse and one from UBS, to strengthen its business with private equity firms and in offering leveraged financing.
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Africa has been having a rough ride in the capital markets in 2018 — credit spreads are up and local currencies have taken a beating. But Kenny Fihla, chief executive of Standard Bank CIB, says opportunities abound for banks, risks can be mitigated and the continent is only getting more attractive for Asian investors. He spoke to GlobalCapital’s emerging markets editor Francesca Young and people and markets reporter Nell Mackenzie.
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Turkish banks are running late on their syndicated loan refinancing timetables amid political noise in the country, and loans bankers say it will soon be too late for the banks to rollover the deals and will instead have to take the unusual step of repaying the debt.
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