Barclays
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Azure Power Global, the Indian solar energy producer, raised $185m from a follow-on offering after its Canadian shareholder stepped in to buy more shares than expected. -
Afreximbank was able to launch a $500m five year dollar transaction, pulling in the spread despite what a banker at one of the leads called 'choppy conditions'.
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A spike in US Treasury yields on Thursday had a knock-on effect on bond spreads in Asia, posing an additional challenge for issuers ready to head out the gates next week.
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Switzerland’s Nestlé has refinanced or extended loans totaling around €11bn, and lenders say that the rest of the year will be populated by similar transactions in the investment grade market.
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Comcast got October off to a flyer after high-grade corporate dollar issuance slumped to its weakest level for four years in third quarter. However, aside from Comcast there were slim pickings in the high-grade market this week.
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The order book for Afreximbank’s revived five year dollar benchmark had filled with more than $1bn of orders by Thursday lunchtime, according to a banker close to the deal.
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India’s UPL Corp has launched a $3bn five year term loan into general syndication to support its acquisition of Arysta LifeScience.
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Petrochemicals company Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) and Qatari bank Al Khalij Commercial Bank printed bonds on Tuesday with no sign of investors wearying of Middle Eastern supply despite $12.5bn having been sold from the region since the start of September.
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Barclays is on the verge of signing up for four more years of its partnership with the Unreasonable Group, a company that supports high-achieving entrepreneurs leading businesses that solve social or environmental problems.
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UK REIT Tritax Big Box has signed a £250m short term facility, as the large logistics warehouse investor looks to make acquisitions.
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Jefferies' drive to build its EMEA emerging markets business took another step forward this week, with the hiring of two research analysts, supporting a trading business that's been put together over the past two years. The US bank is rumoured to have its eyes on the primary markets next.
