UniCredit
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Funke Mediengruppe, the German media group, has agreed an extension to its loan facilities, in one of the few amend-and-extend operations so far in 2016. -
Investing in Italy's bank recapitalisation fund could weaken larger lenders' vulnerable capital ratios, according to Moody’s.
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Türkiye Vakiflar Bankasi (Vakifbank) brought a load of new faces to its investor base when it issued Turkey’s first publicly syndicated euro benchmark covered bond — at an extremely low cost of funding.
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Bank of China Luxembourg has signed its debut syndicated loan after ICBC’s London subsidiary signed a $1bn deal last year.
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Spanish IT company Amadeus will complete its €500m revolving credit facility later this week with some changes to its bank group, according to a banker familiar with the deal.
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European Central Bank president Mario Draghi kept his powder dry at his latest monetary policy meeting on Thursday, sending eurozone government bond yields higher — something that is likely to be welcomed in the offices of the European Stability Mechanism.
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Italy wowed the market on Tuesday with the second blow-out 20 year sovereign benchmark in as many weeks, as bankers tipped other issuers to try out the unconventional maturity.
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The first block trade in OVS, the Italian fashion retailer, came on Tuesday evening, as Gruppo Coin, the BC Partners-backed retail group that owns it, sold €129m of stock. The trade was not covered.
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Italy’s Fondo Atlante became operational on Thursday morning, having been approved by Italian market regulator Consob and reached the threshold of raising €4bn from its backers. At the same time, the bookbuild has been launched for the IPO of Banca Popolare di Vicenza.
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At a time when banks are desperate to lend to merger and acquisition deals, some key relationship banks have been reported missing from the $20bn loan for ChemChina’s takeover of Swiss seeds maker Syngenta. Robert Cooke and Elly Whittaker report.
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Chili, an Italian online video platform, plans to list a €1.875m minibond next week on the Milan-based ExtraMOT Pro exchange.
