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Demand to invest in the low carbon transition is growing fast, but strategies are very diverse
Major sectors in leveraged loans are trading down, making shrewd credit selection vital
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The ESG loan market has had a busy week, with Swedish ingredients company AAK and German container shipping firm Hapag-Lloyd agreeing sustainability-linked and green debt. -
ING Turkey, a subsidiary of the Dutch banking group, has signed an ESG-linked syndicated loan, making it the latest Turkish lender to embrace labelled debt, a trend that bankers insist is motivated by a commitment to sustainability and not simply an attempt to lower pricing.
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Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, the Italian state-owned railway company, has refinanced its main bank line, bumping up the size to €2.5bn as the company earmarks some of the money for capital expenditure.
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Thailand’s Gulf Energy Development Public Co is seeking a multi-billion loan in dollars and baht to fund the acquisition of telecommunications firm Intouch Holdings, giving banks yet another opportunity to finance a jumbo deal from the southeast Asian country. But there are challenges ahead, writes Pan Yue.
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Hapag-Lloyd, the German container shipping firm, has signed an $852m syndicated green loan to buy vessels, further solidifying ESG into its capital structure after debuting in green debt this year.
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China’s Tongyi Lubricant, which is backed by private equity firm Carlyle Group, has tapped three Taiwanese banks to help it raise $110m from the loan market for a dividend recapitalisation.
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