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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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Demand for speculative grade debt took different directions in the European leveraged finance markets this week. The primary high yield bond market may be showing signs of investor stress, but leveraged loan investors are gulping down big deals at tight margins. -
Debt holders of two insolvent UK speculative grade borrowers, fashion retailer New Look and restaurant chain Prezzo, are considering company voluntary arrangements (CVAs) to allow new property agreements. The result may offer the whole European retail sector a template to stave off what market experts a say risks being a spate of defaults. Victor Jimenez reports.
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Secondary trading platforms for non-performing Schuldscheine provide a compelling answer to some fundamental questions often levelled at the market — and observers should follow their developments enthusiastically.
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Fresh doubt has been cast on whether the record-breaking $100bn loan package for US chip maker Broadcom will come to fruition, after a US national security committee took the unusual step of issuing a public warning against the acquisition that the funds will finance.
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UK homebuilder Taylor Wimpey has amended and extended its £550m credit line, doubling the weighted average life of its committed facilities in the process.
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The Euro private placement market might lose some of its smaller borrowers to crowdfunding and technology platforms that offer low cost, speedy loans, market participants observe. But not all in the Euro PP market are gloomy about it.
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