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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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Private placement investors have noted a widening in secondary market spreads for the bonds of UK utilities. That means they may be able to price private placements for these borrowers within their outstanding sterling bond curves, depending on maturity, which has not been easy in the last few years. -
Dubai’s GEMS Education has closed the syndication of a $1.25bn loan with another five banks joining its deal.
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Solusi Tunas Pratama, an Indonesian telecommunications company, has launched a $577m-equivalent dual-currency loan denominated in dollars and rupiah into general syndication.
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The Schuldschein market's first quarter of the year did not exceed its participants' wildest dreams. German speaking borrowers have maintained a healthy deal flow, but landmark deals from exotic locations have been lacking, leaving arrangers frustrated.
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Industrial conglomerate Melrose has prevailed in its £8bn hostile bid for UK engineering firm GKN, after weeks of sabre-rattling rhetoric on both sides. Looking at GKN’s shaky defence, it is hard to see how there could have been any other outcome.
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Tenaga Wind Ventures UK has signed a £120m loan facility arranged by BayernLB, as the UK renewable energy arm of Malaysian utility Tenaga Nasional looks to refinance the debt-powered acquisition of two companies.
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