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  • First Derivatives, a UK technology company, has signed £130m of bank facilities, earmarking some of the funds to refinance an acquisition agreed last summer.
  • Capital market sentiment in the UK has weakened as the country awaits the detail of its scheduled departure from the EU, if a couple of indicators published this week are anything to go by. However, even a bad Brexit could be welcomed by corporate financiers.
  • Green bond issuance has been in hot demand so far this year with investors allocating ever greater sums to sustainable and ethical mandates. However, it is not just the green labels on deals that are affecting their decisions.
  • Concerns about a rapid debt-fuelled acquisition spree by UK and European veterinary group IVC left some investors reluctant to subscribe for its loans, particularly after a profit warning from another group in the sector. But fears proved unfounded as the deal was allocated at the tight end of guidance by Thursday.
  • Lloyds Bank's former head of loan markets, who subsequently became its global head of industrials and manufacturing, has left the bank.
  • As climate change climbs the agenda, banks are finding themselves under increasing pressure to bolster their commitments to social responsibility. That is helping green loans take off in the Middle East and Africa — slowly. Some bankers are confident that banks will see the importance of sustainable financing, but others are unconvinced, pointing to a range of obstacles.