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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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London-listed Warehouse REIT has signed a £220m loan, as the UK urban warehouse owner switches from bilateral to club borrowing. The deal will need to be revisited well before its five year tenor is up, as it is linked to the Libor benchmark that will essentially become obsolete for sterling trades after 2021. -
Lenders are disappointed at the low levels of activity so far this year in the Middle East. The region’s loans market, which struggled last year to match 2018 volumes, will continue to struggle against the booming bond market, according to bankers.
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Shawbrook Bank has appointed a head of fintech strategy as it looks to launch a new cloud-based lending platform.
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China Aoyuan Group has closed a $230m-equivalent club loan with eight banks.
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Russian borrowers are hitting the loan market early this year, as they push for tighter margins and looser covenants as volumes shrink. Norilsk Nickel, the nickel and palladium producer, is refinancing an existing $2.5bn facility, which bankers say will have tighter margins than the original deal that boasted the slimmest margins of any Russian syndicated loan in 2017. But not all lenders are as willing to concede to the Russians, writes Mariam Meskin.
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Credit Suisse has streamlined its investment banking and capital markets operation (IBCM) and is confident that it will return to form after a chastening 2019, writes David Rothnie.
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