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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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The gloom over Russian capital markets was lifted a little this week as the US Treasury softened its stance towards sanctioned aluminium behemoth Rusal, giving hope to markets that the announcement of new sanctions against Russia at the beginning of April may not have been a knockout blow, write Sam Kerr, Francesca Young and Mike Turner. -
As more cash is directed into the US private placement market, its attractiveness as a venue for more and larger deals will continue to increase. But even as it sets new issuance records, the question facing investors remains the same as ever — where can more deals be found? Richard Metcalf reports.
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The US private placement market is the largest, most established private debt market in the world. It has huge international appeal, attracting issuers from around the globe who enjoy the ever evolving features the market offers and the fact that it seems to ride out any periods of weakness of other global markets. Nigel Owen reports.
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Private debt markets have made inroads into European funding strategies over the past few years, taking transactions from syndicated loan markets, as well as public bonds. The Schuldschein market has been particularly vibrant, racking up €27bn of issuance in 2017 from more than 150 transactions.
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The Schuldschein market has a grand ambition — to make it big in the US. Its reputation is growing internationally but it will not be easy to take on the more established private debt instrument, the US private placement note. Silas Brown asks: just how realistic is the Schuldschein’s American ambition?
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The Schuldschein market has broken into unknown territory, welcoming borrowers and lenders from far-flung lands, while establishing itself as a hotbed for technological advancement. Can the miracle last? Silas Brown reports.
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