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State Bank of India is expected to hit the market in March for its jumbo Rp150bn ($2.4bn) equity raising, in what would be yet another chunky deal for the country’s ECM market. -
High yield investors grabbed bonds from lift component maker Wittur and Swiss telco Sunrise Communications on Tuesday, even after absorbing GTech’s €4.4bn-equivalent offer over the previous 24 hours.
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Statoil, the Norwegian oil and gas company, issued €3.75bn of bonds today, after falling oil prices contributed to a 36% drop in the company’s third quarter earnings. It is the biggest euro investment grade bond issue this year - though both Altice and GTech have issued bigger high yield financings, with parts of the deals placed in dollars.
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The acquisition of Las Vegas-based International Gaming Technology by the Italian gambling technology company GTech took a step ahead on Tuesday as GTech raised €4.4bn in euros and dollars, in the second biggest European high yield deal so far this year.
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BBVA is looking to cut the cost of raising additional tier one capital on its third such transaction in two years, announcing initial price thoughts of high-6% area for a perpetual non-call five year trade in euros, compared to the 7% it paid to sell a euro perp non-call five year in February 2014.
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Export Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) is looking to tap the Formosa bond market for the second time in less than 10 days, opening books to a offshore renminbi-denominated three year transaction on February 10.
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German lift components producer Wittur has widened pricing on the loan portion of its €420m debt raising, while increasing the high yield bond part of the package.
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Electricity Supply Board, the Irish power company, has amended and extended a €1.44bn loan facility with Intesa Sanpaolo and Santander joining the syndicate for the first time.
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Sky Bet, the UK online gambling business, allocated its £340m seven year term loan ‘B’ at around 10am on Monday morning, having further flexed the deal's terms in favour of investors.
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Qatar National Bank has mandated international banks for a $3bn loan, its first dollar facility since 2012.
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London-listed book publisher the Quarto Group has refinanced a $95m four year loan. The deal comprises a revolving credit facility and term loan.
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