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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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Oman’s Bank Sohar has sent an invitation to banks to join a syndicated loan, as lenders jostle for mandates on a spate of deals in the Middle East. -
Simon Gagey, the Southeast Asia head of loan syndicate and sales at BNP Paribas, will be relocating to Paris later this month, according to sources.
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Ireland’s Keywords Studios, which provides technical services for the computer games industry, has signed a €75m three year revolving credit facility with a trio of UK banks. It is ramping up its bank debt amid a period of growth.
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DS Smith, the UK packaging company, has offered to buy Spanish rival Europac, with £1.65bn of financing underwritten by US banks already prepared for the transaction.
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Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust has raised £170m in long-dated US private placement notes.
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Green financing has taken root in the syndicated loan market, with structures that reward a borrower with cheaper margins if it manages to hit sustainability targets. These should be applauded: they could have a far greater environmental impact than the use of proceeds technique used for green bonds.
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