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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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Phoenix Group, the UK life assurance fund consolidator plans to raise £1.5bn of underwritten debt to part-fund its £3.24bn cash and shares acquisition of Standard Life Aberdeen’s insurance business, in what is likely to be one of the biggest sterling acquisitions this year.
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India's Tata Steel, which mandated a group of 21 lenders in January for a new loan, has shrunk the size of the fundraising following a blowout bond issuance. -
UK petrol station operator EG Group has announced a third debt-financed acquisition, heaping further pressure on its credit metrics, which rating agencies have already warned are under strain.
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The use of technology to drive down the cost of issuance could boost the growth of private debt markets across Europe, said a report commissioned by the Capital Markets Union (CMU) published on February 16.
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US chipmaker Qualcomm has improved its offer for NXP Semiconductors by 16%, leaving Broadcom “evaluating its options” over its $121bn hostile bid for Qualcomm and putting the possibility of a record-breaking syndicated financing on shaky ground.
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US private placement investors are becoming more comfortable with buying sterling tranches, which bankers said will drive pricing down for borrowers.
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