Mengniu debut offers spread for safety
China Mengniu Dairy Company closed a successful debut dollar deal on Thursday, building a $3.25bn book for a $500m bond. Despite the issuer’s strong fundamentals, bankers on the bond said that price discovery had involved compensating investors for the risk of future scandals in China’s food industry.
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