Adani to prepay $500 million loan as banks balk to refinance

The Adani Group plans to prepay a $500 million bridge loan due next month after some banks balked at refinancing the debt following a short seller report that sent the group's assets tumbling. Barclays Plc, Standard Chartered Plc and Deutsche Bank AG are among banks that lent Adani $4.5 billion to finance the purchase of Holcim Ltd cement assets last year. A portion of that loan is due March 9.