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India's Idea Cellular opened books for a qualified institutional placement of up to Rp35bn ($547.4m) after getting final approval for the deal from its board of directors on Wednesday. -
Investor expectations for the number of US Federal Reserve target rate rises this year grew on Wednesday after inflation figures for the country came in higher than most analysts’ expectations. The shift came on the same day that Rentenbank doubled its minimum size on a dollar syndication.
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Baidu-backed video streaming platform iQiyi has filed documents with the US market regulator for a listing of American Depository Shares (ADS), according to the Chinese parent company’s quarterly earnings report released on Tuesday.
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The two Turkish IPOs priced this year are trading roughly in-line with their listing prices, despite recent outflows from emerging market ECM. But it is too early to judge whether this represents a positive outlook for Turkish ECM this year, according to sources.
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Qatar National Bank (QNB) has picked up $2.38bn of bonds via private placements (PPs) in the last fortnight. But the size of the deals are such that they would have been better printed as public Eurobonds.
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India’s GMR Infrastructure has mandated three banks for the spin-off and listing of its airports unit, according to sources close to the matter.
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Turkish food giant Yıldız Holding has restructured the equivalent of $1bn in short term loans into one long term syndicated loan, as part of its efforts to facilitate its growth plans for this year.
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US chip maker Broadcom has received commitments from 12 lenders for a staggering $100bn funding package to finance its acquisition of technology company Qualcomm.
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Petrol station forecourt company EG Group’s credit worthiness has come under pressure after the UK firm announced $2.15bn of debt-financed acquisition plans last week.
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The US high grade bond market remained open for business through the market sell-off this week, underlining its resilience.
