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The dual currency $303m-equivalent loan, which marks Africa Export-Import Bank's (Afreximbank) second entry into the market, is the largest ever Samurai loan raised by an African issuer. -
MEA-based waste management services provider Averda has amended and extended an existing term loan facility, garnering 70% oversubscription.
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CK Hutchison Holdings has launched a takeout deal into syndication to replace a €10.4bn bridge loan raised by Wind Tre, an Italian company it acquired last year.
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Investment grade green loans have flourished this year, despite a decline in volumes in the wider loan market. Codification of green and sustainability linked financing by international loan trade associations has boosted environmental, social and governance (ESG) loan issuance in the developed markets, but the emerging markets have so far struggled to get going. Will that change as interest in green financing grows across CEEMEA?
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Nordic broker Pareto Securities is looking to capitalise on the growth of the Schuldschein market and the instrument’s increasing popularity in its native region by advising and arranging transactions itself. But some traditional market players fear the Oslo-based firm’s association with high yield borrowers is a cause for concern. Silas Brown investigates.
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Some traditional arrangers of Schuldscheine, which see themselves as the guardians of the market’s probity, were horrified by the news that Pareto Securities is looking to set up shop on their front lawn. But the sort of companies Pareto is likely to bring will answer the prayers of some investors that the old guard have not. And with it, buyers will have to take greater responsibility for what they stick on their books.
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