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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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S&P Global Ratings knocked a notch off pet food retailer PetSmart’s corporate credit rating on Thursday, citing the firm’s ‘unsustainable’ capital structure and the increased risk of a distressed debt exchange after a portion of its subsidiary Chewy was transferred to private equity sponsors. -
Allocations for a €3.025bn acquisition loan from Czech investment fund PPF Group are due in the next few days, according to a lead.
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Emerging market loans bankers at European banks are finding it increasingly hard to compete on pricing, with borrowers claiming to be able to take out dollar loans with US and Asian banks well below the level others are able to offer. Mike Turner reports on a market where banks are doing whatever they can to snap up scarce supply of lending business.
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With syndicated loan business thin on the ground in EMEA this year, E.On had no trouble achieving a 100% hit rate among its relationship banks, when syndicating the €5bn loan financing for its €20.42bn takeover of Innogy.
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US firm Comcast has doubled down on its jumbo acquisition plans by offering to buy 21st Century Fox in an all cash $65bn deal that the cable company says it will run concurrently with its bid against the purchase target for UK media company Sky.
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The pipeline of Indian loans is building up, with Housing Development Finance Corp and Kotak Mahindra Bank seeking new fundraisings.
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