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Kommunalbanken has circulated initial price thoughts of 5bp area over mid-swaps for a no-grow $1bn three year benchmark, a level that bankers away from the trade said was 'well priced'. -
Capita, the UK outsourcing company, launched its £701m ($976.13m) rights issue before the market opened on Monday, in a bid to turn its fortunes around and de-lever its balance sheet.
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Jes Staley, chief executive of Barclays, is no longer under investigation by UK authorities for his attempts to identify a whistleblower at the bank, and he will keep his job at the head of the firm, removing another regulatory uncertainty.
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UK pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline has closed syndication on $13bn-equivalent of bridge loans to finance its purchase of Novartis’s stake in the two firms' consumer healthcare joint venture.
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A pair of supranationals helped bolster Hong Kong’s green bond ambitions with some SRI deals this week.
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Public sector bankers lined up to laud a new SSA borrower this week, as the International Development Association (IDA) surpassed expectations on its bond debut. Now, many are eager to see the its next move, with many anticipating a Washington supranational with greater currency flexibility, writes Craig McGlashan.
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Digital advertising firm Yell added a new sub-benchmark deal to an otherwise lacklustre sterling high yield bond pipeline this week. The market is lagging more than £1bn ($1.4bn) behind 2017’s first quarter volumes.
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Two banks have poached members of BNP Paribas’ emerging markets sales and trading team.
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The sterling corporate bond market has been less busy year to date than it was in 2017. However, the property sector has continued to be one of the largest contributors of supply and, on Thursday, Grainger added its name to the list of issuers from the industry.
