Banks
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Canal+ Polska, the Polish satellite TV network, has rebooted its IPO on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, after the deal was pulled in November last year due to a lack of demand.
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Total Produce, the Irish fresh produce company, has signed $1.44bn of loans to finance its transatlantic merger with US fruit and vegetable producer Dole Food Company.
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Alan Roch, Standard Chartered's head of bond syndication for Asia, has resigned after about three years at the bank.
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South Korea's Shinhan Bank became the latest Asian bank to sell a sustainability bond this month. It raised $500m from its transaction, but felt some pressure from the risk-off sentiment in the region’s credit market.
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Guotai Junan Securities Co faced a choppy market backdrop to price a $500m bond on Wednesday, becoming one of only a handful of Chinese issuers to head offshore this week.
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Malaysia’s IPO market is set to pick up, with at least two chunky listings in the works, raising optimism among bankers for busy second and third quarters.
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BIMB Holdings, a Malaysian financial holding company, has raised MR795.6m ($192.4m) from a primary placement of shares, part of a group-wide restructuring that is expected to be completed by August.
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Singapore’s agribusiness company Wilmar International has returned to the loan market for a borrowing of up to $1bn.
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SGS, the Swiss corporate testing and verification company, came out aggressively for its debut Eurobond on Wednesday, and was rewarded with a spread flat to fair value.
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The State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the International Finance Facility for Immunisation attracted impressive demand in the dollar market on Wednesday, allowing them to print big deals in the currency.
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Abraham Douek has left Citi after 11 years spent working on the bank's FIG debt capital markets desk.
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Montea, the real estate investment trust in Belgium, has sold €235m of green US private placements. The deal is the latest in a succession green trades to hit the market.