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UKEF backs biggest overseas infrastructure financing for Egypt rail project
UK Export Finance, the UK's export credit agency, has provided its largest ever overseas infrastructure guarantee to support the construction of two new monorails in Egypt. JP Morgan is leading a group of commercial lenders in providing the funding.
22 Jan 2021 -
Duo provides green loan for Cityplaza One acquisition
Standard Chartered and United Overseas Bank have provided a HK$5.29bn ($682m) green loan to support a Gaw Capital Partners-led consortium’s acquisition of Cityplaza One.
22 Jan 2021 -
Mphasis to set new record for LBO loan size from India
Asia’s loans bankers are salivating over the prospects of working on the largest ever leveraged buyout loan from India. Blackstone is looking to exit from IT services company Mphasis in a deal that has seen plenty of interest from other private equity firms. Pan Yue reports.
21 Jan 2021 -
Lenders rush to Grab loan, size gets boost to $1.75bn
Singaporean ride-hailing company Grab Holdings has boosted the size of its term loan B after receiving a strong response from the market, setting the stage for more Asian start-up firms to head to the US for financing.
20 Jan 2021 -
Provident Square links loan pricing to occupancy rate
Provident Square, a shopping mall in the North Point area in Hong Kong, is seeking a HK$1.4bn ($180m) loan for refinancing.
19 Jan 2021 -
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Bryson hire reveals SMBC Nikko’s ambitions in EMEA capital markets
SMBC Nikko wants to grow its capital markets and advisory business in EMEA, which is smaller than its parent’s heft in the loan market. It has hired Anthony Bryson, a former NatWest Markets and BNP Paribas banker, to lead the push.
18 Jan 2021 -
Two-phase syndication for Greenfields acquisition loan underway
The senior syndication stage for a $140m-equivalent loan to support TPG and Northstar Group’s acquisition of a majority stake in Japfa’s southeast Asian dairy business is set to close by the end of this week.
18 Jan 2021 -
Saudi lands $3bn export financing agreement with Korea
Saudi Arabia has secured an export financing agreement with Korea’s export credit agency and trade insurance corporation. The deal, which will bolster trade between the two, is the kingdom’s second ECA-backed deal.
15 Jan 2021 -
ONGC Videsh ditches general syndication plan
ONGC Videsh (OVL), the overseas arm of India’s state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp, has decided to cancel general syndication for its $700m loan after the bookrunners found enough liquidity during a senior stage.
15 Jan 2021 -
Energean takes $700m loan to get Karish gas pumping
Energean, the London-listed oil and gas company, has signed a $700m loan to develop a gas field off the shore of Israel, as the company enters the final stretch in having the field up and running.
14 Jan 2021
