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Absa, FirstRand and Standard Bank were MLAs in first deal after private equity exit
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The transaction attracted five lenders and is the first data centre infrastructure project backed by the UK's National Wealth Fund
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Wendel, the French private equity firm, has amended a €750m revolving credit facility to add ESG elements, including one for higher female representation in leadership positions, as more investment houses make social equality a focus. -
Chinese delivery company SF Express Co’s loan to support its acquisition of Kerry Logistics Network has received strong support from banks in senior syndication.
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Chinese department store operator Golden Eagle Retail Group has closed a $601m-equivalent refinancing loan with 15 lenders.
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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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