Bank of America
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Guotai Junan Securities Co said in a filing with the Shanghai Stock Exchange that it has received the green light from the regulator to list in Hong Kong. -
Latin America bond investors said that hopes of Bolivia’s new bonds receiving strong support from local buyers allowed the sovereign to print a new deal well inside better rated credits on Monday.
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BMC Software, the US IT management firm, joined a packed European leveraged finance market on Monday with a €650m term loan refinancing, one of several deals launched since late last week.
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Reckitt Benckiser, the UK based health and hygiene firm, has closed the $20bn loan syndication for its approach of US-based Mead Johnson Nutrition.
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch has hired Ricardo Fernandez Rebolledo from Credit Suisse as head of Mexico investment banking.
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A1/A+/A- rated KEB Hana Bank is eyeing to return to the international debt market with a 144A/Reg S transaction, having hired seven firms to arrange a global roadshow.
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Shares in Segro, the UK property developer, closed 6% lower on Friday after it announced a £556m rights issue to finance its buyout of Aviva from a joint venture at London’s Heathrow Airport.
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) this week became the latest public sector borrower to enjoy the red hot dollar market, printing a trade that drew an order book larger than its entire 2012 funding programme. Widening swap spreads have been a major factor in the dollar market’s fantastic run this year but a double whammy of event risk next Wednesday could bring it shuddering to a halt, writes Craig McGlashan.
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Turkish lender Vakifbank is on a roll in the loan market this week, out with a bilateral facility and a syndicated deal.
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The African Development Bank sold its largest ever benchmark on Wednesday, in a deal which bankers said should hammer home the issuer’s “new style” to investors. Meanwhile, Municipality Finance brought its first dollar benchmark of the year.
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Shares in Ascential, the UK events and publishing company that runs the Cannes Lions festival, closed 1.4% higher on Tuesday after Guardian Media Group (GMG) and Apax sold the last of their stock through an accelerated bookbuild led by Goldman Sachs, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML), Deutsche Bank and Numis Securities.
