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More borrowers are eschewing underwritten loans, causing frustration and concern among banks as their usually quiet corner of the market faces huge structural changes. -
With emerging market loan bankers puzzling over what the latest round of US sanctions against Russia mean for syndicated lending in the country — an activity already well muzzled by proscriptions — Moscow bankers were defiant that they would be ineffective.
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The volume of smaller investment grade syndicated loans in the UK has shrunk sharply as a proportion of overall deals in the region, though some lenders are still pinning their hopes on sub-£250m trades being a P&L sheet saviour.
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Beijing Automotive Group (BAIC) has thrown open a €2.2bn-equivalent loan to support its acquisition of a minority stake in German automaker Daimler.
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After an explosive report this week by British newspaper The Times accusing Al Rayan Bank of funding extremist groups, investors in the UK Islamic bank’s sukuk RMBS say they have little concern over the prospects for the bonds.
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Michael Reuther, head of Commerzbank’s corporate clients division, expects more firms to enter the bank’s "intensive care department" as economic pressures weigh on European corporates. And in his unit the cost of risk more than tripled in the second quarter, helping to shrink operating profits.
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