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German promissory notes come into their own in times of stress
Company ups loan from €135m and adds sustainability linkage
Conflict marks inflection point for investment banks as syndicated loan exposure and crushed bond fees come under scrutiny
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UK soft drinks maker Britvic has signed its first sustainability-linked financing, joining a growing trend of companies offering to charity any margin benefit they gain on the loans hitting targets. -
Property company Eisa Holding has returned to the loan market for a refinancing deal through bookrunner First Commercial Bank.
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Fosun International has returned to the offshore loan market for a $650m refinancing that is being run by a large banking group at the top.
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Haitong International Securities Group has closed its club loan at a bigger size of HK$12bn ($1.5bn) after finding support from a group of 19 lenders.
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Polite society does not tolerate smokers the way it used to. What was once a ubiquitous habit is now banished to outdoors in many countries. Tobacco investment is a rarer beast too these days, reflecting how deeply ethical preferences can affect capital markets. Now oil and gas securities could be about to face a similar shift.
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Equity investors are losing their appetite for oil and gas stocks, just at a time when three of the biggest IPOs being planned in EMEA are from that sector. The coronavirus outbreak is sapping Chinese demand, leading to a weak oil price. But some bankers believe investors are also making a more fundamental shift away from fossil fuels, which could even lead to a permanent tipping point. Sam Kerr and Jon Hay report.
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