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SoftwareOne Holding, the KKR-backed IT services company, is making good progress on its IPO on the SIX Swiss Exchange, despite market sentiment being hit by the poor aftermarket performance of TeamViewer, the German software company that listed in Frankfurt last month. -
The six biggest US investment banks alongside three European firms have created DirectBooks to assist primary market bond sales. It aims to start in the US investment grade corporate market before branching out to other fixed income products.
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Enel, the Italian power and gas company that is the first, and only, issuer of bonds with sustainability-linked coupons, proved this week that the structure appeals to European green-minded investors, by raising €2.5bn at a spread several basis points tighter than it could have achieved with a normal bond. Jon Hay and Mike Turner report.
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Ireland faced off in the euro green bond market on Thursday.
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Greece returned to the capital markets this week with its fourth syndicated bond of the year as it tapped its 10 year note at a record low yield. Meanwhile, Cyprus is set to go on a global roadshow to plan its funding for 2020.
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Investors flocked to Thai Oil Public Co's 30 year bond this week, seizing the opportunity to get yield from a long-dated note.
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Enel, the Italian electricity and gas company, held investor calls today for its first trial of its new sustainability-linked bond structure in euros, likely to be launched tomorrow. The deal has a more complex structure than the $1.5bn bond with which Enel introduced this technique to the bond market for the first time in early September, in that it contains tranches with different triggers.
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The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) is preparing its first benchmark of the fourth quarter and Ireland has picked the banks to lead the first tap of its sovereign green bond.
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Indian telecommunications company Bharti Airtel’s efforts this year to deleverage were capped with the issuance of a subordinated perpetual $750m bond on Tuesday. The deal, alongside further stake sales planned for the rest of 2019, puts the company on track for a more stable debt profile. Morgan Davis reports.
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Greece and the Province of Québec won strong books in the euro public sector bond market on Tuesday, with the latter returning to the currency for the first time since June 2018. An attractive basis swap for dollar funders to issue in euros has tempted the International Development Association (IDA) out on screens for its first euro benchmark.
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CK Hutchison, the Hong Kong conglomerate, took more than €10bn of orders on Tuesday for a six-tranche bond in euros and sterling as it opted not to squeeze the pricing as much as other recent deals.
