Bank of America
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FIT Hon Teng has refiled for an IPO in Hong Kong after shelving the deal last year due to poor investor demand, returning with the same three sponsors.
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The European Investment Bank is set to take a novel approach to green bond issuance, after mandating for a dual tranche dollar deal — of which only one leg is a Climate Awareness Bond. Like Kommuninvest, which printed a four year dollar green bond on Tuesday, the supranational may have to contend with volatile dollar swap spreads.
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The UK drew its largest ever book as it printed its biggest syndication in nominal terms in nearly three years on Tuesday — taking care of nearly a quarter of its overall syndication programme for the 2017-18 financial year in the process. Bankers away from the trade suggested some of the rampant demand may be due to investor hunger for 40 year paper.
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The European Financial Stability Facility is lining up a 16 year euro benchmark for Wednesday, following a blow-out €7bn 30 year OAT.
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Bpifrance, the French state-owned investment bank, has exited Eiffage, the construction and engineering group, after selling its remaining stake in a €428m block trade that was covered inside half an hour.
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Orders of over $2.2bn had enabled Turkey’s Garanti bank to crush the yield on its debut tier two as it looks on course to print with the lowest ever coupon for a new style Turkish tier two bond.
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Melco Resorts Finance is set to go on a global roadshow for an eight year bond to redeem its outstanding 2021s, as China’s Hong Yang Group Company and Indonesia’s Soechi Lines also prepare investors for new deals.
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WuXi BioLogics will kick off pre-deal investor education for its Hong Kong IPO on Wednesday as it looks to raise $400m-$500m.
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The Province of Quebec will print in sterling for the first time in over 20 years after hiring banks on Monday for a five year deal, joining other Canadian provinces in returning or debuting in the currency in 2017. The trade will come in the same week as the UK sovereign sells the first syndication of its 2017-18 financial year.
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Turkey’s Garanti Bank is expected to capitalise on the strong rally in emerging market credit to print its debut Basel III-compliant tier two capital bond this week, and bankers are wondering how much of the recent market tightening will be seen in the price.
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South Korean oil company GS Caltex Corp has mandated banks for a dollar deal, with a global roadshow starting next week.
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Kotak Mahindra Bank closed a bumper equity raise on Friday that fetched Rp58bn ($902m), in what bankers hailed as another flagship Indian qualified institutional placement.