BNP Paribas
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Borrowers repricing and refinancing their debt are taking an ever bigger share of overall issuance in European leveraged finance markets. This week, Salt Mobile and Gates added to the already large list of names taking advantage of borrower-friendly conditions. -
World Bank will bring the latest test for a wall of dollars waiting to tumble into the SSA bond market, after mandating banks on Monday to bring a 10 year global benchmark. The trade could be the first jumbo 10 year dollar deal from an SSA in well over two years — and bankers away from the deal expect it to fly.
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Toyota Motor Finance (China) is hitting the Chinese asset-backed securities (ABS) market for a second time this year. The Japanese automaker maker will approach investors with a Rmb3bn ($452.1m) deal on November 16.
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Indonesian palm oil producer Sawit Sumbermas Sarana (SSMS) launched its dollar debut on Monday morning local time.
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UK telecoms firm Virgin Media increased its sterling loan offering on Friday, as recovering leveraged finance issuance in the currency seems to be leaving Brexit strains behind.
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China Development Bank Corp priced its maiden international green bond on Thursday, raising close to $1.7bn from a dual-currency transaction that will fund Belt and Road related projects. The deal offered diversification not only to the issuer but also to investors.
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Following French food company Danone’s recent hugely successful hybrid corporate debut, investors have been waiting for the next hybrid trade. This week they had two to consider.
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The sterling corporate bond market took until Wednesday to join the issuance frenzy the euro market had enjoyed in the first half of the week, but three deals in two days reminded issuers and investors that it is still an option to be considered into the end of 2017.
