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Universal Scientific Industrial (Shanghai) (USI), a subsidiary of Taiwan’s Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, is making its debut in the offshore market for a $300m-equivalent loan. -
Agents active in private debt markets in the UK are growing increasingly frustrated by a crop of advisory firms muscling in on their market share, often arranging deals without the need an investment bank. Some bankers allege that advisory firms don’t have the capacity to price deals effectively, and also that some do not have appropriate regulatory cover from the US regulators to pitch investors there legally.
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Banks like Goldman Sachs have positioned corporate broking as part of a wider, integrated offering to clients — a strategy that appears to be the future of this traditional UK line of business, writes David Rothnie.
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Denmark ferry operator Scandlines has signed a €305.6m infrastructure finance facility, with the recently junk rated ferry company reaffirming its place in the triple-B credit rating bracket with the deal.
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China’s central bank has shaken up the way banks quote lending rates, reforming an interest rate benchmark to more closely track the market. But onshore bankers expressed doubts about the move. Rebecca Feng reports.
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A $170m loan supporting Blackstone’s acquisition of Essel Propack (EPL) has been launched into general syndication, attracting two lenders already.
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