Barclays
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US fashion brands group PVH Corp on Tuesday sold its first bond in the euro high yield market, amid growing concerns that the UK could vote to leave the European Union.
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Citadel Securities, the market making business, has made a senior FICC sales hire from Barclays to its Chicago office.
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Basic-Fit, the low cost gym group, made its debut on Euronext Amsterdam on Friday morning, after an IPO that was priced towards the bottom end of its range on Wednesday.
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The IPO of ASR Nederland, the second biggest this year in Europe after that of Dong Energy, reached a successful conclusion one day later than Dong’s, when the stock rose 2.6% on its first day of trading on Friday.
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French glass packaging maker Verallia plans to sell the second largest single-B rated tranche of the year on Monday, after a pumping week of high yield issuance.
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The response to some of this week’s dollar deals has got some bankers believing that next week’s US Federal Reserve meeting might not prove to be the market shutting millstone that it had promised to be just a few weeks ago.
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The Irish telecommunications firm Eircom Holdings on Tuesday issued a benchmark size secured bond 25bp inside guidance levels — giving heart to issuers that would rather not wait for the UK referendum result.
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Bank of Montreal (BMO) issued its debut dollar legislative covered bond on Thursday, achieving the tightest spread of any covered bond issued this year in the currency.
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RPC Group, the UK plastic bottle manufacturer, has amended its £770m revolving credit facility agreement to include a £70m facility, which will part fund its acquisition of British Polythene Industries.
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A pair of public sector borrowers are lining up to sell dollar floating rate notes on Thursday, following a series of floating and fixed rate deals in the currency on Wednesday.
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Johannesburg-listed drug manufacturer Aspen Pharmacare completed arranging €3bn-equivalent of loans on Wednesday. The multicurrency deal was more than twice oversubscribed in the euro tranche.
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The Republic of Indonesia sold its first 12 year euro note as part of a dual-tranche return to the European bond market on Tuesday. It had to pay up over its dollar curve, but the elevated cost proved no hardship as the sovereign is keen to make its presence felt among European investors.