Gunvor may tap Samurai market again

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Agri/Soft Commodities, Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Infrastructure, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Other, Power, Renewables, Transport

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Asia-Pacific, Europe

By Aife Howse

Gunvor’s JPY27billion (about $236 million) three-year Samurai term loan, which reached financial close on 17 December 2021, was the trader's first yen-denominated borrowing. However, the deal is no major departure in the trader's existing funding strategy according to Gunvor CFO Muriel...

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