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Loans

Days of cheap cash gone ... for now

By Chito Santiago


The loan syndication market used to be a borrowers' market where banks were willing to lend even at rock bottom pricing levels. In a reversal of role, as the cost of funding has shot up, borrowers are having to put up with higher spreads. Lenders have become much more selective and less willing to underwrite as they see safety in numbers, where several banks can agree on a pricing and share the risk

Loans

Tapping structured pre-export facility

By Chito Santiago

The Chinese aluminium company, Zhong Jun, secures an innovative pre-export finance facility structured by Standard Chartered Bank. This allows the company to secure an alternative funding source at a time when the People's Bank of China is clamping down on new loans

Loans

Innovative financing for luxury train service in China

By Chito Santiago

Asia can boast of another innovation in project finance, with the first ever non-recourse financing of a luxury train service, Tangula, in China

Loans

Building on a solid foundation

By The Asset

While Singapore is considered one of the more developed markets in the region, the Monetary Authority of Singapore is not resting on its laurels. The country will continue to take steps to facilit.....