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Lenovo Group, one of the world’s largest computer and electronics makers, lost a long time financing partner when IBM decided to close its factoring operation for hardware equipment manufacturers in February, GlobalCapital can reveal. But Lenovo moved fast to replace this with one of the largest trade receivables securitizations ever signed. The $3bn deal included selling junior notes to three investors to maintain full off balance sheet treatment for the assets and debt. -
Telefónica Deutschland has signed a €750m environmental, social and governance-linked (ESG) loan, as sustainability financing continues to gain a foothold in a country that has until now been slow to take up the structure.
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UK fund Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Fund, which invests in infrastructure debt, has increased its multi-currency revolver for the second time since May, enlarging it from £200m to £280m.
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Southeast Asia is set to be an important source of business for loans bankers in 2020 as they search for opportunities outside of the slowing markets of China and India. A spurt in both inbound and outbound acquisition financings in the region is on the cards, writes Pan Yue.
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High-grade loan bankers are growing increasingly confident about the 2020 pipeline, after the Conservative Party’s comprehensive win in last week’s UK general election is expected to unleash UK M&A.
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Fidelity, the US asset manager, warned the European Securities and Markets Authority that Europe’s Market Abuse Regulation lacks clarity, and that even public side information on leveraged loans could potentially contain material non-public information.
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