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Gas supplier Air Liquide raised Rmb2.2bn ($347m) from its first Panda bond on March 6, becoming the first European issuer sell a bond with a maturity of longer than three years in the asset class. -
Taizhou Huaxin Pharmaceutical Investment Co executed a club-style deal on Thursday, raising $150m from a three year bond. It wasn’t the only Chinese firm wooing the buy-side. State-owned Tewoo Group opted for a perpetual deal, while Shimao Property Holdings tapped the offshore renminbi (CNH) market for the first time.
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The Province of Alberta printed a strong 10 year dollar benchmark on Thursday — the first in that maturity from an SSA since late January — leading the way for others to follow, said SSA bankers. Elsewhere, five years was very much in vogue in the dollar market — although there were some signs of investor fatigue by the end of the week, despite more issuers being expected to look at the tenor next week.
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The Province of Alberta printed a strong 10 year dollar benchmark on Thursday — the first from an SSA since late January — leading the way for others to follow, said SSA bankers. Elsewhere, Export Development Canada was unable to move from price thoughts on a five year global.
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China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina) enlisted the help of 18 lead managers to sell a six tranche bond in two currencies on Wednesday.
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The pipeline for euro-denominated African bonds is beginning to bulge, with Cote d’Ivoire announcing plans to follow Senegal to the market this week and Tunisia and Egypt preparing their own deals. But, as Virginia Furness reports, while large euro books show there is strong appetite for speculative grade supply, and is opening up a new funding channel for EM borrowers, the cost of funding in the currency versus dollars is unlikely to improve.
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The Euro private placement market might lose some of its smaller borrowers to crowdfunding and technology platforms that offer low cost, speedy loans, market participants observe. But not all in the Euro PP market are gloomy about it.
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Tata Sons is poised to end a decade-long absence from the syndicated loan market when it launches a $1.5bn transaction later this month.
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China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina) has raised $6.4bn from a six-tranche transaction in euros and dollars to refinance debt taken for Syngenta’s acquisition. The issuer was willing to pay up to take more on the long end of the curve, with the juicy premium summoning a book of more than $15bn at its peak.
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Cote d’Ivoire will be hoping to capitalise on the success of Senegal’s debut euro deal earlier this week as it looks to bring its second bond in that currency.
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Hyundai Capital America raised $800m from a dual-tranche issuance on Wednesday, the same day that chemical giant China National Chemical Corp walked away with more than $6bn from the market.
