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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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Indian Railway Finance Corp has approached offshore lenders for a financing of up to $250m-equivalent in Japanese yen. But the company may struggle to generate demand from maturity-shy Japanese lenders, said a banker familiar with the deal. -
The Asian loan market has had to battle a tough few years, with record volumes in 2014 tailed by four straight annual declines. But loans bankers in the region have a feeling their time may have come.
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In stark contrast with a mute high yield bond market, leveraged loan investors were expecting more than €5bn of new deals on Monday, including a $725m-equivalent deal from Swedish trade technology provider Itiviti, which includes a triple-C rated second lien.
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Leonardo, the Italian defence company, has agreed a €1.8bn five year revolver 25bp cheaper than the facility it is replacing, making it the latest crossover borrower to negotiate better terms for itself in a refinancing.
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Details have emerged of Broadcom’s record-breaking $100bn financing package for its acquisition of chipmaker Qualcomm. It is paying 100bp over Libor for the biggest two tranches.
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A hardening of the US attitude to Iran, tensions with Turkey and the Qatari crisis may be closing some doors for trade in the Middle East but experts are convinced it is opening others, with China's One Belt, One Road initiative pushing countries such as China, India and Russia towards the region.
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