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Innovation and ambition have been hallmarks of mergers and acquisitions activity this year, but there are some signs of weakness in private equity
Leveraged loans in stressed sectors like software carry refinancing risk
Ferrero International markets €300m deal
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South Africa’s Eskom has signed a $2.5bn loan from China Development Bank, securing almost two thirds of its funding requirements for the financial year amid speculation that the troubled state run power company might buy back its 2021 bonds. -
Investors in the European leveraged finance markets speaking to GlobalCapital said that, while issuance is lagging behind 2017's figures for the period, there is appetite for an increase in supply.
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Corporate borrowers are being urged to prepare for the phase out of Libor, but loan documents are not yet up to the job of facilitating an orderly switch to a new rate, warned Fitch Ratings on Tuesday.
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Brexit has been a slow-burning problem for the City of London, but burning it is. Financial markets are regulated. With worse access to Europe, the UK must make itself attractive to financial firms in other ways.
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Foreign purchases of UK businesses will come under closer government scrutiny if a new white paper is approved, as loans bankers’ fears earlier in the year about M&A becoming tougher to get through UK regulators materialise.
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Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) is working to get the final part of its second export credit agency-backed loan by the end of this quarter. The deal will wrap up the multibillion dollar-equivalent financing for one of the largest brownfield projects in the Middle East.
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