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31 January 2012
A market first secured credit facility for Colfax has revealed that the UK Takeover Panel will require disclosure of flex rates for future leveraged financings
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18 January 2012
A novel cross-border, dual-currency syndicated financing structure has been used to lower currency risk while addressing Serbian banking restrictions
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18 January 2012
A pledge governed by two countries’ laws may be a solution for resource companies looking for enhanced terms on their financing
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15 November 2011
A venture loan programme has paved the way for foreign investors to gain exposure to established companies in Brazil’s mid-market
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25 October 2011
Kazakhstan’s private equity market is set to benefit from a decline in bank lending, with its government reforming regulations to make the country more attractive to project finance investors
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01 September 2011
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14 February 2012
An analysis of a loan’s jurisdiction, governing law, currency of payment and place of payment can give clues to the likely currency in which a loan must be repaid in a redenomination
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14 February 2012
Lenders to peripheral eurozone countries are including euro definitions and tightening up the currency wording in their facility agreements to offset the risks of a redenomination
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31 January 2012
Syndicated loan market participants in Hong Kong and China are lobbying the China Banking Regulatory Commission to change “onerous” secondary loans trading guidelines
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31 January 2012
As the European loan market continues to stall, borrowers are turning to the US market to for LBO financings. But IFLR can reveal large discrepancies between European and NY loan documentation
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19 January 2012
Currency instability and a lack of transparency in domestic bank deal reports is more of an impediment to growth in the offshore RMB loan market than the lack of a reference rate for pricing, APLMA's vice chairman and China committee chair has said
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07 December 2011
IFLR can reveal that the Loan Market Association is in the process of drafting a new intercreditor agreement. Here, the body explains its priorities for the new document
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07 December 2011
Richard Holden, partner at Neovara, a mezzanine-focussed credit investment manager, explains the firm’s hopes for the new LMA intercreditor agreement
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26 October 2011
China’s lawyers have called for the country’s regulators to liberalise its shadow banking system
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26 October 2011
Settlement in Del Monte’s closely-watched shareholder litigation does not mark the end of stapled finance or winning bidder finance, but US counsel predict market expectation to shift away from banks working both sides of deals
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25 October 2011
Leveraged loan covenants are showing banks’ hesitancy to finance all but the strongest of credits. More robust market flex terms and bigger equity checks have characterised deals coming to market during summer
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11 October 2011
The trend towards structural flex provisions in high yield documents is creating headaches for trustees, according to a Clifford Chance partner
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27 September 2011
Loan documentation in Africa is about to become far more uniform thanks to the launch on Thursday of the African Loan Market Association
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16 September 2011
Increasing bank regulation will impact on loan market behaviour within two months, according to a JPMorgan loan trader
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09 September 2011
The People’s Bank of China is expected to cut the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for smaller banks before the end of this year.
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01 September 2011