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AfDB hopes to launch multi-issuer securitization this year
◆ French firm takes €700m with unrated deal ◆ Double digit concession needed ◆ Deal prices inside debut, but returns higher yield
Deal liberates capital and tempts investors to take new frontier market risk
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Lenders are still keen to underwrite sterling loans after the UK’s Brexit vote — as shown in Steinhoff’s £452m deal — said one head of Emea loan syndicate. -
Tencent is sounding out banks for yet another multibillion dollar borrowing, this time to back its acquisition of mobile game maker Supercell. The Chinese technology company is used to getting an easy ride in the loan market, where it has raised $6.89bn since December. But the structure for the latest deal means it will have to pay up to lure banks, writes Shruti Chaturvedi.
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French quality control and assessment services firm Trigo had replies due Wednesday on its €198m buyout loan package. The momentum is building for European mid-market leveraged buyouts with several deals in the market this week.
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Omani borrowers have lit up the loan market with deals this year but Bahrain — another country vulnerable to oil price shocks — has seen little deal flow. Two large dollar deals for Bahraini borrowers in recent weeks, however, have shown the country is back in the fray.
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Baoxin Auto Group has opened up three more levels of participation for its $550m dual-tranche financing after launching the senior phase a month ago.
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Credit Suisse has made three senior hires in its China investment banking and capital markets (IBCM) team, in the latest expansion of its onshore presence.
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