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◆ Fast money reverses out of SSA bond market ◆ CLO managers face risky ramp startegy ◆ Corporate hybrid bond market runs hot despite volatility
After quitting M&A and equity capital markets in Europe and the US last year, HSBC is striving to maintain global relevance — and London and New York still have a role to play
Despite the allure of lower loan prices, CLO managers should print deals cautiously
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Despite the disruption that the coronavirus pandemic and, more recently, volatility in global markets have brought to emerging market debt, issuers in the CEEMEA region are not backing away from their pivot towards ESG financing. Though concerns about greenwashing are holding the market back, new sustainability-linked and transition structures are tempting issuers. -
National Grid, the UK utility, is planning a loan-funded £7.8bn acquisition of the UK’s largest electricity distribution business from US firm PPL Corp. The deal could see £2.7bn of the utility’s assets sold to PPL.
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Indonesian multi-finance companies are ready to charge back into the loan market after a quiet 2020, as the country’s economy picks up and consumer sentiment improves. Banks are also ready to accept borrowers from the sector, but there are challenges ahead, writes Pan Yue.
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Fnac Darty, the French electronics retailer, has amended and extended its main bank credit lines, shortly after issuing its debut convertible bond as an independent company.
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MUFG has hired three managing directors to help boost its coverage of private equity sponsors, as well as direct lending.
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The reliability of Science-Based Targets — one of the most promising systems for helping companies decarbonise — has been questioned after RWE, the German power company, was excluded by Axa, the French insurance group, for being too wedded to coal, despite having an approved SBT.
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