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AfDB hopes to launch multi-issuer securitization this year
◆ French firm takes €700m with unrated deal ◆ Double digit concession needed ◆ Deal prices inside debut, but returns higher yield
Deal liberates capital and tempts investors to take new frontier market risk
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German pharmaceutical firm Stada is seeking €760m in new secured debt to finance recent acquisitions in eastern Europe, with Nomura leading a new senior secured term loan. -
Ohio-based glass manufacturer Owens-Illinois (O-I) sold a euro-denominated green HY issue through BNP Paribas on Thursday, adding to the tiny clutch of leveraged credits to target deals at ESG-oriented investors — and locking in a storming result, with a size increase from €300m to €500m and pricing through the tight end of the initial range.
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ING has appointed Martjin Bruins as global lead of its structured acquisition finance unit, alongside his existing role as head of the unit in London for origination.
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UK housebuilder Bovis Homes is heading to the debt and equity markets to finance an agreed £1.075bn acquisition of part of compatriot Galliford Try’s business.
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Chinese hotel company Huazhu Group has launched a roughly $1bn loan into general syndication, raising the money in part to help fund an acquisition of a German rival. But bankers are debating whether the borrower should be treated as a real estate company. Pan Yue reports.
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National Bank of Bahrain has made a bid to buy a majority stake in Bahrain Islamic Bank, of which it already owns 29%. The move is the latest in a seemingly endless round of consolidation between Gulf banks, driven by the effort to become more competitive in what many have called an oversaturated banking market.
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