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Europe gets first large, general corporate revolving credit facility labelled green
Team led by Jenny Edwards hires more than 20 professionals for its April launch
Commerzbank arranges $1.1bn deal for supply of vital raw materials
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Tricor Holdings is planning a return to the loan market to refinance a HK$2.8bn ($360m) borrowing it sealed in 2016 for a leveraged buyout by investment firm Permira. -
Asia’s leveraged buyout loan market is facing a setback after a planned financing to back the acquisition of Mphasis, an Indian IT services firm, was scrapped as discussions between the buyer and seller fell through.
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China Hongqiao Group and Guangdong Lingyi iTech Manufacturing Co are seeking loans worth a total of $350m.
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HSBC has agreed to tighten its policies on climate transition and coal funding, in response to a shareholder motion calling on it to phase out fossil fuel financing. The move underlines the power investors have to accelerate change on environmental and social issues using shareholder votes, and could raise the bar for other banks.
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In one of the first pieces of public research on the nascent direct lending asset class in Europe, a report from Oxford University’s Saïd Business School has found that it could grow assets under management by as much as 50% in the medium term, owing to banks retreating from the mid-market and investors looking for higher yields from credit.
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WH Smith, the UK high street retailer, has extended its bank term credit lines and cancelled a crisis liquidity facility, as the borrower posted better than expected trading figures since the start of the year.
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