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Russian Copper Co (RCC) has closed a $250m five year credit facility, marking the second refinancing that RCC has secured this year. The tight margin sparked a sliver of optimism in the market. -
Conditions have rarely been sweeter for European borrowers seeking to diversify their funding sources. Europe’s dominant private debt markets for investment grade issuers, the US private placement market and the Schuldschein, are thriving, and agents in both are on the hunt for new borrowers. Their search will better if, as expected, public bond markets have a tough 2019. Silas Brown reports.
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Mergers and acquisitions in Europe are back. But what loans bankers have long hoped would be great news for their businesses is in most cases turning out to be a far less lucrative development, as companies increasingly turn to smaller banking groups to finance their acquisition plans. By Michael Turner.
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The UK’s CityFibre has signed a £1.12bn debt package from seven banks, as the Goldman Sachs-linked fibre broadband infrastructure provider rolls out its nationwide competition against incumbent firms BT and Virgin Media.
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Europe’s leveraged finance market has survived another year without a downturn — indeed, spirits are remarkably buoyant going into 2019. The market is priced for perfection, however, and with rates starting to rise, issuers and investors have some serious forward planning to do. Victor Jimenez reports.
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Indian Oil Corp is in the market with a $1.3bn financing, in yet another sign the country’s famously stingy borrowers are allowing pricing to inch up.
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