Term Sheet: Will NatWest’s retail loan sale serve as a benchmark?, LendInvest’s £150m funding boost, Spain’s biggest data centres debt deal to date

The sale of NatWest’s distressed shopping centre loan portfolio Project Mercatus offers a reference point for investors evaluating UK distressed shopping malls; LendInvest expands its capital sources through a £150 million (€176 million) partnership with banks Barclays and HSBC; A syndicated loan to fund data centres in Spain has been upgraded to €320 million; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.