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JD.com has rolled out its first international syndicated loan and the $500m deal has already attracted a lot of attention from banks. The Chinese e-commerce company is loss-making but lenders are enticed by the prospects of ancillary business and an expected improvement in its financial position after the recent spin-off of JD Finance, reports Shruti Chaturvedi.
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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China is set to become the first Mainland bank to sell a green bond aligned with both international standards and China’s framework.
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KfW has punched through its conventional curve with a dollar green bond that left bankers away from the trade a similar colour of envy. More SRI supply is on the way, after the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development hit screens for Thursday’s business.
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Bawag, the Austrian banking group that has been owned by Cerberus since 2007, will attempt to go public in Vienna this autumn, with an IPO that will provide a serious test of the strength of investor demand for the European banking sector.
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Both investment grade corporate bond new issues on Wednesday came from French issuers. Surprisingly, Total issued its first euro bond of 2017, while PSA Banque France sold its second.
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Bruce MacKenzie has joined UBS as a managing director in the bank's EMEA leveraged capital markets business, according to an internal memo seen by GlobalCapital.
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Finnvera will on Wednesday enter a searing market for three year dollars, following a similar trade from Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten that rounded off the Dutch agency’s dollar benchmark funding for the year.
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One borrower took advantage of an excellent backdrop to scoop up its first green funding in euros at an attractive level on Tuesday, while a second issuer is lining up to follow suit in dollars.
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Four mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners have rolled out Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com’s debut borrowing into syndication at razor-thin pricing levels.
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten has opened dollar proceedings for the week, mandating for a three year trade as swap spreads in the tenor hit their highest level in months. Other issuance in the currency could come from European Investment Bank, which has been rumoured to be considering a deal for a few weeks.
