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Cadent, the UK gas distribution company, is buying back up to £400m of its September 2021 bond and issuing a new one. -
Virgin Media launched a refinancing of its $3.4bn senior secured term loan B, with a combined offering across sterling bonds, and euro and dollar loans. The move comes two weeks after Swiss telco Salt proved that bonds could price meaningfully tighter than leveraged loans for the right issuer, and Virgin also saw a strong result.
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Barclays is paying $6.3m to US authorities to settle charges that it won business from foreign government officials by offering their relatives and friends internships and jobs.
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A number of dollar bond issuers in Asia have moved to reopen their existing notes and add more funds to their coffers ahead of a week-long holiday in China for National Day.
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Adani Transmission, the Indian power grid company, is marketing a debut US private placement, according to several market participants, who are watching the potential deal closely to see if it could spark a return for Indian names in the sector — a decade after it was burnt by a deal gone awry.
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Nasdaq-listed Pinduoduo became the latest in a growing line of Chinese companies to tap the US convertible bond market, pocketing $875m after pricing its debut issuance at the tight end of guidance.
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Europe’s high grade corporate bond market maintained its steady flow of new issues on Wednesday, with Infineon Technologies heading into the euro market for a dual tranche hybrid, while BMW drove by in sterling and more names populated the pipeline.
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Three borrowers from the Middle East came to market on Tuesday, raising a combined $3.35bn from five tranches across the curve. The deals come on top of a period of heavy supply, including Abu Dhabi’s $10bn triple trancher on Monday.
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Chinese companies came to the international bond market in force on Tuesday, just days ahead of a week-long holiday in the Mainland to celebrate National Day.
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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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Morrisons, the UK grocer, was praised on Tuesday for a 12 year sterling bond issue, which impressed bankers off the deal.
