Bank of America
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South Korea’s Woori Bank has raised $550m from a Basel III-compliant additional tier one bond sale. Despite the softer market backdrop, the firm pulled off the deal without paying any premium.
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GlobalCapital is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Global Derivatives Awards. The winners were unveiled at a gala dinner at the Banking Hall in London on Wednesday night.
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Nasdaq-listed Chinese company Pinduoduo has printed its debut convertible bond at the tight end of price guidance, pocketing $875m.
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The US’s Thermo Fisher Scientific had a barnstorming outing in the euro bond market on Tuesday, raising hopes that fears of an oversaturated market were overblown.
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Chinese sportswear retailer Topsports International Holdings has opened books for its up to HK$9.4bn ($1.2bn) Hong Kong listing.
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Budweiser Brewing Company Apac has raised HK$39.2bn ($5bn) after pricing its IPO at the bottom of guidance, and partially using an increase option. It was the company’s second attempt at listing in Hong Kong.
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Chinese e-commerce platform Pinduoduo has opened books for a convertible bond backed by its American Depository Shares, in what has become an increasingly popular corner of the equity-linked market.
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch has made a pair of senior appointments within its European Union equities business in Paris.
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The US corporate bond market shrugged off two market interventions by the Federal Reserve this week — an emergency funding injection and an arguably underwhelming rate cut — as supply picked up on Thursday with trades from Wal-Mart and Volkswagen.
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Small cracks started to appear in the euro corporate bond market on Thursday, after a busy month, as companies launched a spate of deals. An already bulging pipeline means there will be little time for the market to catch its breath.
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Dollar SSA issuers faced huge volatility this week as the US Federal Reserve cut interest rates and unexpectedly pumped billions into the repo market, with two more issuers lining up to test investors’ mettle.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific, the US genetic testing and laboratory equipment company, has mandated banks for a multi-tranche Reverse Yankee bond in euros. It wants to print fresh debt along its curve out to 30 years.