Bank of America
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A refinancing package of €1.23bn has lifted some pressure off Swiss aviation services company Swissport and driven Moody’s to change its ratings outlook on the company from negative to stable. Parent HNA has had a fire sale of assets to combat a cash crunch, and a new portability clause is likely a sign of its desire to exit from the Swiss firm.
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LG Display has hit the market with a convertible bond of up to $700m, according to a term sheet seen by GlobalCapital Asia.
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Shinhan Financial Group has deepened its sustainable funding pool, raising $500m from a bank capital deal that was appealing to investors.
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Rentenbank printed a £250m December 2026 bond on Tuesday, as top rated issuers found plenty of demand at the longer end of the sterling curve.
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Drax Group, the UK electricity generator, has sold £375m of US private placement debt, alongside a £125m environmental, social and governance facililty to repay a bridge loan used to fund its acquisition of Scottish Power Generation.
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As Turkish bank borrowers prepare to refinance existing debt, a plethora of domestic and geopolitical troubles has once again brought pricing into question. Though secondary market spreads remain tight, bankers say primary issuance could widen.
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Ontario Teacher’s Finance Trust has hired banks for a dollar benchmark trade, in a week expected to be characterised by blank screens in dollar issuance.
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The US high grade corporate bond new issue market went dark for two days this week, as corporate America skulked in earnings blackouts. Next week could be big, but it is likely to be a long, dry summer.
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L-Bank issued its biggest single bond in dollars this week while the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) printed its first ever dual tranche trade in the currency. But some market participants warned that the good times at the short end of the dollar curve might be coming to an end.
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India’s Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone has bagged $650m from 144A/Reg S bonds to fund a tender offer of notes due next year, pricing the new issuance at a competitive level.
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SSA names found the going varied in dollars on Tuesday, with the Inter-American Development Bank only just covering the minimum size of its tightly priced short end trade while Land NRW and L-Bank saw chunkier demand.
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Prime US real estate investment trust has bagged S$829.7m ($611.6m) from its Singapore IPO, becoming the third pure US property Reit to list in the city-state this year.