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Phoenix Community Housing, a non-profit housing association from London, has raised £60m of private debt using delayed draw. -
Avast, the Czech cyber security company, has set the terms of its London IPO, valuing it at £3.2bn at the top of the range.
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More than €3.5bn of high yield bond deals in euros, sterling and dollars were scheduled to close this week. Although some bankers described the pipeline as “crowded”, they expected market digestion to be ‘healthy’ ahead of quieter times.
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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'.
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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.
