BNP Paribas
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WH Smith, the UK high street retailer, has extended its bank term credit lines and cancelled a crisis liquidity facility, as the borrower posted better than expected trading figures since the start of the year. -
Latvia was set to sell a bond in euros on Wednesday, which market participants said was set to be priced very tightly.
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The Asian Development Bank made a rare outing in China’s interbank market this week. The Rmb2bn ($307m) bond, priced significantly below the onshore benchmark, ended the multilateral development bank’s absence from the domestic Chinese market for over a decade.
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Ahold Delhaize, the Dutch food retailer, has mandated banks for a debut sustainability-linked bond, as it continues to push its capital structure towards socially conscious financing.
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Bookrunners for APA Group, the Australian gas and electricity company, had a rough time in the euro and sterling bond markets on Tuesday, and they only managed to nudge spreads tighter.
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Leeds Building Society returned to the senior sterling market on Tuesday after more than a decade away. It was its first foray into the non-preferred format, which will help it build up its buffers over its minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL).
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Vantage Towers, the telecoms towers division of Vodafone, has announced the price range for its IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and secured cornerstone orders for almost half of the deal size. The deal is smaller than many had expected, as rising bond yields continues to impact wider equity markets.
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Indian Railway Finance Corp postponed its dual-tranche dollar bond offering on Monday when faced with a volatile market backdrop that ‘bamboozled’ the banks running the deal.
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APA Group, the Australian gas infrastructure company, has become the latest non-European company to mandate banks for an investment grade bond in euros, as debt bankers say calmer markets in the currency are proving a magnet to foreign issuers.
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The European Stability Mechanism headed to the five year part of the euro curve on Monday to complete its first quarter funding target.
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