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Nordic Capital and Avista this week completed the second block trade in ConvaTec, the UK wound care and catheters company, since its £1.6bn IPO in October 2016. -
South Korea’s GS Caltex Corp bagged a $400m five year deal on Monday, securing buy-side support thanks to its credentials, despite a soft market backdrop.
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Société Générale has opened the books for the Paris flotation of ALD, its car leasing business, which if completed, will be the largest French IPO since asset manager Amundi went public in November 2015 for €1.6bn.
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Korean Air Lines is trying to take off with a new dollar bond following an aborted attempt in September last year. Also on Monday, GS Caltex Corp is out with a five year 144A/Reg S deal, while SOCAM Development has reopened its recent notes.
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Singaporean broadband provider NetLink Trust is set to begin investor education this week for its IPO, which could raise around $1.5bn, according to a banker close to the deal.
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A trio of benchmark issuers hit the dollar market on Thursday to ensure June got off to a brisk start as investors remained in risk-on mode in a holiday shortened week.
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There was just a smattering of public sector dollar deals this week — but a wide difference in how they fared.
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KommuneKredit fell short of full subscription with a three year dollar benchmark on Thursday, with few updates provided through the book building process.
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The Irish government has fired the starting gun for the IPO of Allied Irish Banks (AIB), a potential €3bn deal, even though this means it will be in the market right through the UK general election, writes Aidan Gregory.
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Investors threw their weight behind two IPOs in Asia this week, with WuXi Biologics set to price at the top of expectations in Hong Kong and Singapore’s HRnetGroup getting covered across the range.
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WuXi Biologics is set to price its HK$3.9bn ($510.4m) IPO at the top of expectations following a blockbuster response from investors.
