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Investors eye 2028, 2031, 2032 as big years for loan maturities
Even leveraged deals still being underwritten, though banks are selective
Head of capital markets and advisory leaves
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Royal Dutch Shell has signed a $12bn credit line, three months after securing a similarly sized deal, as the Anglo-Dutch oil major builds up its cash pile in the face of plunging oil demand and prices. -
The UK's Imperial Brands, formerly Imperial Tobacco, has signed a new €3.5bn three year multi-currency revolving credit facility, slightly increasing its main bank line, despite not having plans to draw down.
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The loans market has been one part of the capital markets that has perhaps unsurprisingly taken to working from home easier than most. Some loans bankers even see a world after the pandemic where one or two days a week working out of the office becomes the norm.
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London-listed Russian steel firm Evraz has raised a syndicated loan with lenders honouring the pricing terms agreed before the outbreak of coronavirus that has wreaked havoc in markets.
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Standard Chartered’s announcement that it was allocating $1bn to help companies deal with coronavirus, or transition towards making essential medical kit, makes a virtue of doing what most banks are up to anyway. There’s nothing wrong with a bit of good news in these troubled times, but Stan Chart’s competition might feel they’ve missed a trick.
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Whitbread, the UK hotel and restaurant company behind Premier Inn, has amended a clause in its debt documentation which could have left it liable for technical default. One source said several companies may have to go through a similar amendment process.
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