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Divisions deepen over multilateral development banks’ climate commitments
Deal rules and slow primary market make ramping up deals difficult
◆ Supranationals and agencies prepare to achieve the previously unthinkable ◆ Leveraged loans versus private credit and their effect on CLOs ◆ A new dawn for dollar covered bonds and UK equity market structure
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  • Norway’s Yara has signed a $1.1bn-equivalent revolving credit facility, with the fertiliser company swapping its existing bank debt for a sustainability-linked deal.
  • The leveraged loan market in Europe is relying on several high profile take-private trades to rescue volumes and fees for 2019, and give the squeezed CLO market much needed supply. But these deals are vulnerable, and can easily fall apart, as sponsors must navigate an obstacle course of trade buyers, competition authorities, and recalcitrant shareholders.
  • Public Investment Fund (PIF), Saudi's sovereign wealth fund, is expected to close its second ever debt offering in September, according to bankers close to the deal. Some say the bridge loan, which is a reprieve to EM bankers that have been operating in a barren market all year, may receive tighter margins than PIF's competitively-priced debut loan in September 2018.
  • German power company Badenova closed a four tranche Schuldschein transaction last week.
  • Credit Suisse has hired Ivan Lee as a vice-president in the syndication and distribution team, according to a source close to the move.
  • Hazem Shawki is set to join Credit Suisse from Goldman Sachs in order to lead its investment banking operations in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa, with a particular focus on pushing further into the Saudi Arabian market.