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Deal refinances €1.5bn transaction from 2022 while providing new money and is sustainability-linked
Volumes and deals similar to last year, when the market grew by 13% year-on-year to an annual record
The German toy production company doubled the size of its RCF but maintained its banking consortium
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German airline Lufthansa took a daring step in mid-March and decided to launch a Schuldschein transaction exclusively via the digital platform VC Trade. It has proved a shrewd move and will likely be game-changing for VC Trade in the battle for digital dominance. -
A bid by VC Trade, an emerging technology platform for the Schuldschein market, to overcome resistance and cement its position in the market appears to have paid off this week, as a deal for Lufthansa executed solely via the platform succeeded handsomely. This could prove a turning point for the use of tech in the Schuldschein sector and perhaps other corporate debt markets. Silas Brown reports.
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Kingspan, an Irish insulation company, has made a €700m offer for two units of Belgium’s Recticel, but will sell one of them if the deal goes ahead.
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Matthias Gaab, Deutsche Bank's head of acquisition finance and investment grade loan origination for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, retired on April 1.
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Finnish chemical company Kemira has signed a €400m revolving credit facility, becoming the latest firm to switch its bank debt to sustainability-linked margins.
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HNA Group’s Hong Kong subsidiary, CWT International, appeared to default on a secured Hong Kong dollar loan on Wednesday. Although the company has had debt problems in the past year, many bankers were still surprised by the default and said more thorough background checks will be carried out on Chinese borrowers in future. Pan Yue reports.
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