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The German wind turbine manufacturer expanded its banking consortium to 11 institutions in "very favourable" deal
Saudi Arabia mining firm furths relationships with international banks following a $1bn sukuk in January
The Prague-based defence and technology firm attracted 18 institutions into a deal which compressed margins by 150bp
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Some weird genetic mutations have been appearing in the hothouse of sustainable finance, where new green products are cultivated to beautify the grandees of the capital markets.
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Jes Staley’s strategy has been vindicated, with Barclays’s corporate finance bankers having a banner year. But it has to invest in its European franchise to cement its credentials as the region’s leading investment bank, says David Rothnie.
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Dutch release liner manufacturer Loparex is launching a €186m term loan B to refinance the equity bridge, put in place by sponsor Pamplona when the company acquired its competitor Infiana last autumn. While the borrowing conditions are exceptionally benign for many, Loparex has struggled to make a good first impression.
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UK soft drinks company Britvic has entered the US private placement (USPP) market via Rabobank and Santander, on the hunt for sterling debt. As the issuer is a regular and well-loved borrower among institutional investors, the transaction has been described by one banker as “as easy as they come.”
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The Loan Market Association is set to restart its Schuldschein working group in February, with a workstream addressing credit restructuring. This is an early sign that the market’s heavyweights are taking this issue — which has damaged the Schuldschein’s reputation in some quarters — seriously.
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France's Saint-Gobain has met the shareholder and regulatory needs for its around €1.3bn purchase of US plasterboard company Continental Building Products, as the acquisitive construction materials company gets the thumbs up from ratings agencies for swerving the debt markets to fund the deal.
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