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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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The speculative grade loan market is leading leveraged finance issuance in Europe again, as investors pour more cash into the asset class. This week, Amundi opened its new leveraged loans Europe 2018 fund for institutional investors. -
Irish pharmaceutical company Shire has turned down a £42.4bn takeover offer from Takeda, putting pressure on the Japanese company’s ambitions for global expansion as it strives to maintain its dividend and investment grade rating.
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One of the drawbacks of the strong growth in interest in responsible investing is that many investors only want to take conventional kinds of risk — such as buying large, liquid equities or investment grade bonds. But a report out this week suggests even small, obscure impact investments have a safe risk profile — perhaps even better than mainstream investments.
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Irish pharmaceutical company Shire has turned down a £42.4bn takeover offer from Takeda, putting pressure on the Japanese company’s ambitions for global expansion as it strives to maintain its dividend and investment grade rating.
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A director on ING’s syndicated loans desk has moved to a different job, creating a vacancy that the bank intends to fill.
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Boutique investment bank SC Lowy signalled the potential it sees in the Italian banking sector through its acquisition of Credito di Romagna this week. Michel Löwy, CEO of the firm, also views it as a way to expand the firm’s European leveraged finance operations.
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