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Exyte, the German company that designs and builds high tech facilities such as laboratories and factories, has unveiled its plans to go public on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in October, having filed an intention to float document on Monday. -
Comcast won the bidding war for Sky over the weekend, with the US cable company mobilising £28.79bn-equivalent of loan funding to buy the UK media firm.
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Spain’s largest department store group, El Corte Inglés, picked a busy week to roadshow its first rated issue. But its bonds will be listed in Dublin, despite efforts from the Spanish financial regulator to force a domestic bond listing in Madrid.
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Nestle, Électrcité de France and BP have led a stampede to the dollar market ahead of an expected rate hike by the Federal Reserve next week, as credit markets shrugged off trade wars between the US and China.
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Cryptocurrencies have not had a great year. Total market capitalisation of the sector is down 75% from the highs of January, falling roughly in line with what the bears predicted. But that hasn’t seemed to slow institutions’ attempts to get involved.
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Christian Meissner, head of global corporate and investment banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and one of the architects of the firm’s post-crisis success, is leaving the firm to be replaced by Asia Pacific president Matthew Koder.
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The State of North Rhine-Westphalia won strong demand on Wednesday for its longest ever trade, allowing it to print a size almost double its target.
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Dollar investors gave public sector issuers something to think about on Wednesday, as a pair of SRI bonds had very different receptions. One aggressively priced deal struggled to reach full subscription while another offering some concession grew by a half. World Bank is up next in the currency, though in conventional format, and bankers believe the trade will indicate the market’s direction.
