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Ant Financial subsidiary Alipay (Hong Kong) Holding has launched a $3bn debut syndication via a nine-member bookrunner group. The strong showing at the top is driven by opportunities to cross-sell higher fee-generating products such as private banking, equity advisory and underwriting services to the Alibaba Group-affiliated borrower, reports Shruti Chaturvedi. -
Kuwait National Petroleum Co has signed another $1bn loan, after borrowing $4bn in a syndicated facility launched last month, to finance its “clean fuels” project.
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Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp and ANZ are making changes to their loans businesses in Singapore. SMBC is building up its distribution capabilities, while ANZ is looking to replace a senior banker.
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The loan package backing Ardian’s buyout of Prosol Group, the parent of French food retailer Grand Frais, is set to increase leverage at the firm to more than five-and-a-half times Ebitda, a level that one investor said was overly aggressive in the sector.
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Corporate bond issuers in Europe were making up for lost time with a slew of deals on Wednesday, after a sluggish start this week with just one deal for Renault’s finance arm RCI Banque on Monday. Books are big and deals are tightening strongly in bookbuild.
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Even as South Africa and Halkbank prove that idiosyncratic risks are ever present in in emerging market bonds, conditions remain beyond syndicate bankers wildest dreams. That is good news for the bulging pipeline.
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