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Market still open to strategic mergers, but deal execution more selective
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A slowdown in loans activity in Europe and the Middle East has thrown the market’s usual supply-and-demand dynamics out of balance. Now although international lenders are eager to lend, they are having to make concessions to borrowers. -
Bank of the Lao PDR has closed its four year borrowing led by Cathay United Bank, receiving commitments from 14 participants.
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China’s industrial gas supplier Yingde Gases Group has launched a $300m borrowing into general syndication.
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Fosun International has returned to the offshore loan market with a $300m dual-currency borrowing.
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Conservative and liberal members of the European Parliament have voted down an ambitious draft of the bill to set up the EU’s Taxonomy of Sustainable Economic Activities, in favour of a weaker text with fewer safeguards for the environment and society.
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UK medical equipment manufacturer Smith & Nephew has agreed to buy US firm Osiris Therapeutics using cash and debt, as consolidation in the healthcare sector continues to provide one of the few bright spots for M&A activity this year.
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