Retail loans plunge 54%; 2nd biggest property loan

Asia Pacific ex Japan Retail sector loan volume down 54% YoY in 2017

• Trans Retail has signed a $575 million facility through joint bookrunners and mandated lead arrangers BNP Paribas, Bank of China, CTBC Bank, Deutsche Bank, Industrial Commercial Bank of China, Maybank Kim Eng Securities, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. Syndication saw Bank SinoPac, Emirates NBD, National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Ta Chong Bank, and Yuanta Commercial Bank join in as mandated lead arranger, while Bank of Kaohsiung, Bank of Panhsin, Bank of Philippine Islands, Cathay United Bank, Chang Hwa Commercial Bank, China CITIC Bank International, Far Eastern International Bank, First Commercial Bank,...