JSW Steel raises $900-million loan from eight foreign banks
India's largest alloy manufacturer, JSW Steel, has raised $900 million from a consortium of eight foreign banks to refinance debt maturing this month and pre-pay high-cost borrowings. The loan was priced 180 basis points above the international secured overnight financing rate (SOFR). The consortium of banks includes Singapore's DBS Bank, France's BNP Paribas, UK-based HSBC and Standard Chartered, UAE's Mashreq Bank and First Abu Dhabi Bank, Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp (SMBC) and Taiwan's CTBC Bank.