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Software loan sell-offs and the Iran war have caused US and European loans to price differently
Public pension schemes have sold shares in coal, oil and gas companies but are still funding expansion of the gas industry through infrastructure funds
In an age of abundant information and opinion, where much of it is wrong, smart investment bankers can still be valuable to clients by embracing the complexity
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Chinese department store operator Golden Eagle Retail Group has closed a $601m-equivalent refinancing loan with 15 lenders. -
Debt markets are awaiting a wave of mergers and acquisition financings in the second quarter and later this year, as the boom in deals sparked by confidence that the economy is recovering from the coronavirus gathers steam. But the eagerness to lend will create tension between loan and bond markets, and deals are likely to get more challenging later in the year, write Mike Turner and Jon Hay.
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The announcement this week that the IMF is on its way to issuing a further $650bn of special drawing rights, providing central banks with extra foreign currency liquidity, should not be criticised for being too little, too late. It marks a much needed return to multilateralism, something that the developing world will benefit from.
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Röhm, the renamed Evonik Specialty Chemicals, is back in the market looking to refinance its 2026 €997m term loan 'B' near par, following a surprisingly strong performance through 2020.
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TI Fluid Systems, an auto parts company, is marketing its first unsecured debt, a €600m eight year non-call three, which it plans to use to repay part of its secured debt. It has also launched repricing on this loan, looking to cut margins and reset Euribor floors to market standard levels.
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A group of BNP Paribas bankers in Spain have jumped ship to join boutique firm Beka Finance, according to market sources. One person familiar with the situation said that the French bank will refill these roles in due course.
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