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Larsen & Toubro Infotech, the information technology services unit of Indian conglomerate Larsen & Toubro, plans to raise $300m from an IPO of only secondary shares.
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British operator of cloud services Interoute Communications’ €590m secured notes braved a rough primary high yield market on September 25 and recovered this week from an initial hit in the secondary.
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Responsible investing sounds clear enough, but there is a bewildering range of approaches. You can build up green portfolios or search for value across all your assets. Yet there is no doubt: responsible investing is on the march. Jon Hay reports.
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A German agency is set to tackle the short end of the euro curve, as a fall in rates across the curve limits issuers’ options in the currency.
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A European sovereign will sell a short dated dollar benchmark on Tuesday, but a weak market backdrop and tight swap spreads are likely to hold other issuers back from bringing deals in the currency.
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Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries has opened its $1.47bn dual-currency loan into general syndication, with four participation levels available to lenders.
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A violent reaction to German car company Volkswagen’s admission that it had used defeat device software in some of its diesel vehicles over a six year period tracing back to 2009 gripped capital markets this week.
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Municipality Finance brought a taste of bank finance to the public sector this week setting a few records along the way.
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The European Union has just €1.2bn left of a €5.2bn funding plan for September and October, having raised €2bn with an eight year this week that many bankers praised as evidence of normalisation of the pricing process in euros.
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Several public sector borrowers are tipped to come into a reopened dollar market next week — but some SSA bankers warned that conditions are still not at full strength.
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ING Belgium and Bawag received good receptions for their covered bonds issued this week, in contrast to less spectacular outcomes for deals from Westpac New Zealand and UniCredit.