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Innovation and ambition have been hallmarks of mergers and acquisitions activity this year, but there are some signs of weakness in private equity
Leveraged loans in stressed sectors like software carry refinancing risk
Ferrero International markets €300m deal
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  • Indian software services provider Coforge, previously known as NIIT Technologies, is seeking a loan to fund a dividend recapitalisation, joining a growing list of companies raising debt to pay a special dividend to shareholders.
  • ANZ has appointed Niro Somasekeran as head of corporate finance for south and southeast Asia.
  • UK speciality fibres and plastics maker Essentra has launched a private placement in what is the second deal from a listed UK corporate to hit the market in a matter of weeks. Market sources say more corporates, including some utilities, are set to return to the instrument after a dry spell since the coronavirus pandemic began.
  • The Loan Market Association has launched its own automatic document platform, days after a survey by the industry body found that most of the syndicated loan market wants to use or already uses fintech for documentation.
  • The recent round of M&A and leveraged buyout financing provided by Chinese banks shows their growing ambition in the more complicated and riskier part of Asia’s loan market.
  • Chinese online human resources service provider 51job has raised a $1.825bn term loan from two banks to support its take-private.