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Indonesian garment company Pan Brothers has been downgraded by Fitch Ratings for the third time this year owing to defaults on a dollar loan. -
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Bank issuers are increasingly interested in the idea of selling tier two bonds in green formats. But green additional tier ones are unlikely to bloom.
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Tricor Holdings is planning a return to the loan market to refinance a HK$2.8bn ($360m) borrowing it sealed in 2016 for a leveraged buyout by investment firm Permira.
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China Hongqiao Group and Guangdong Lingyi iTech Manufacturing Co are seeking loans worth a total of $350m.
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Met Group, the Swiss energy trading company, has signed a €120m term loan, increasing the size of its term debt and using some of the same banks that provided revolving credit facilities last month.
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Intesa Sanpaolo saved a couple of basis points with the sale of a new senior bond from its green issuance framework on Tuesday, compared to fair value on a conventional deal. The new issue came as markets remained on edge ahead of the European Central Bank’s next meeting.
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Enel, the Italian energy company, has signed a €10bn sustainability-linked revolving credit facility, taking the title for the largest such deal that was held by Anheuser-Busch InBev for less than a month.
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Gimv, the Belgian private equity firm, slipped into the bond market with a sub-benchmark sized debut sustainability deal on Monday, as private equity companies push into socially responsible borrowing.
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FIG issuers are taking care to announce deals before opening order books this week, as they try and book their places in the market ahead of a tricky meeting for the European Central Bank on Thursday.
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Aluminium producer China Hongqiao Group has returned to the loan market for a $200m borrowing.
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Mamoura Diversified Global Holding, an Abu Dhabi sovereign investment vehicle, launched a euro bond on Thursday. Issuers with access to and a need for both currencies, investors said, will find a haven in the euro market while volatility in dollar yields continues.
