Rio times $3.5bn bond raid to perfection on market pause

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Rio times $3.5bn bond raid to perfection on market pause

Rio Tinto took advantage of a hiatus in issuance ahead of the corporate earnings season to bring a blow-out $3.5bn five and 10 year trade this week, but the financing was a costly exercise for the borrower which has syndicated loans soon falling due.

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