UniCredit

Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba) tapped the three year leg of its dual tranche issue from May on Thursday morning, mirroring the syndication strategy it used to tap the deal’s seven year leg in July — aggressive pricing and doubling the size of the issue.

Faster SpA, the Italian producer of couplings for the hydraulic industry, has signed a €98m loan to back its buyout by Capvis Equity Partners.

Spanish private hospital operator Grupo Hospitalario Quirón shrugged off the demands of a strong lender’s market this week, in a €2.15bn deal that recalled the weight of CVC’s reputation among investors.

Austria’s decision to wipe out subordinated bond holders of nationalised lender Hypo Alpe Adria — despite a guarantee from the State of Carinthia — triggered an unwanted knock-on effect on Thursday, with rating agency Standard & Poor’s judging that the decision reflected the country's growing reluctance to support its financial institutions in times of crisis.

Spanish private hospital operator Grupo Hospitalario Quirón has signed off the €2.15bn loan that backs its merger with rival chain Idcsalud, shrugging off market volatility to win favourable borrower's terms.

Spanish private hospital operator Grupo Hospitalario Quirón has signed off the €2.15bn loan that backs its merger with rival chain Idcsalud, shrugging off market volatility to win favourable borrower's terms.

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UniCredit's investment banking results are dominated by loan losses, with financing revenues from Italy swelling 62% but entirely wiped out by provisions taken in the region. Separately, Jean Pierre Mustier, the head of the unit, announced his departure on Tuesday.

Jean Pierre Mustier has decided to leave his role as head of UniCredit’s investment bank, and plans to head instead to take on "an external role focused on the financing of the real economy, through debt and equity”.

Commodity trader Gunvor Group has refinanced a $500m secured revolving facility, replacing the one year loan it signed last year in July as well as funding its refining and marketing activities around Bavaria.

Ink firm Hubergroup has signed a €250m three year refinancing facility split between a term loan and revolving credit facility.

Russia's Brunswick Rail, the privately owned freight rail car operating lessor, has signed an Rb8bn ($228m) two year loan from international banks, as small club-structured deals continue to give Russian lenders access to the loan market in the face of sanctions fears.