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Swiss commodities firm has deleveraged thanks to elevated free cash flow
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
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Indian agrochemical company UPL Corp has received strong response for its sustainability-linked loan during general syndication, allowing it to increase the size to $750m. -
Market participants will embark in the coming weeks on the difficult task of working out how to use the European Union’s sustainable finance Taxonomy, after the first criteria were published this week. In doing so, they will be conscious that the smooth tide of green finance is now breaking against the hard reality of power politics and resistance by fossil fuel industries — a clash that is rocking the Taxonomy’s credibility, writes Jon Hay.
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Iberdrola, the Spanish utility, and Clarion Housing, the UK housing association, became the latest companies to sign loans using risk-free rates instead of Libor, as more deals are signing that ditch the scandal-ridden benchmark from day one.
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Investors appeared happy to tolerate soaring leverage in favoured sectors, such as tech or pharma, on Thursday, while Covid-19 recovery candidates are beginning to look expensive, as much of the rally that began in November has played out.
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Iberdrola, the Spanish utility, has signed a €2.5bn sustainability-linked loan, becoming the first Spanish company to use risk-free rates as a benchmark instead of Libor.
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Airtel Africa, the UK telecommunication company providing services across Africa, has raised $500m from a range of international lenders. It becomes one of the latest Africa-based issuers to inject activity into the syndicated loan market.
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