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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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  • VFS Global, a tech services specialist for governments across the world, is reducing the cost of its subordinated debt by increasing the size of its term loans ‘B’ to pay down more expensive second lien loans.
  • Canvest Environmental Protection Group Company has increased its latest offshore borrowing to HK$1.409bn ($180m).
  • Powerlong Real Estate Holdings has closed a $305m offshore loan with three lenders.
  • The governance problems at the United Nations’ Green Climate Fund hit a new low this week when a four day board meeting was almost entirely taken up with procedural wrangling and failed to reach agreement on most of the agenda.
  • It is common for a firm to have an association with an adjective. The description is often derogatory, so acquisitive companies are often said to be rapacious. For Glencore, the commonly used adjective is secretive.
  • On Wednesday the UK’s final court of appeal rejected Goldman Sachs’s attempt to recover money lost on a loan to Banco Espírito Santo through the British courts. The judge said the EU’s framework for dealing with failing banks might be undermined if the actions of resolution authorities could be challenged outside of their home country.