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Swiss commodities firm has deleveraged thanks to elevated free cash flow
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
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Procter & Gamble has been warned by Moody’s about its €3.4bn debt-financed swoop for Merck Germany’s consumer health unit, as the consolidation in that sector of the wellbeing market continues unabated. -
Bulgarian telecoms firm Vivacom has signed a €345m loan facility to refinance early its bonds due in November, with the borrower negotiating far more favourable terms for its debt pile.
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Hyosung Vina Chemicals, a Vietnam-based business unit under South Korean conglomerate Hyosung, is raising a $1bn loan from both Korean and international lenders.
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Vietnam’s Nghi Son 2 Power, which counts Japanese trading and investment conglomerate Marubeni Corp as one of its investors, has raised a $1.869bn project loan from a group of mainly Japanese lenders.
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UK pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline has closed syndication on $13bn-equivalent of bridge loans to finance its purchase of Novartis’s stake in the two firms' consumer healthcare joint venture.
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A long time Natixis loans banker has left the bank to join French rival Société Générale’s global loan sales team.
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