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Primavera Capital Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company, is set to launch a $300m IPO on the New York Stock Exchange this week, extending a recent boom in Asia-focused Spacs.
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Total, the French oil and gas company, placed a chunky €3bn hybrid trade on Monday, as the spread between corporate senior and subordinated debt widens after months of tightening.
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Saudi Arabia’s National Commercial Bank (NCB), the largest financial institution in the kingdom, has mandated banks to arrange a tier one dollar sukuk. The deal may act as a prelude to a potential bond sale by the sovereign, which bankers say could happen as early as this week.
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Kuaishou Technology, a video-sharing and social media platform, has begun drumming up interest among investors for a multi-billion-dollar Hong Kong IPO.
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Chinese e-cigarette manufacturer RLX Technology has drawn enough early demand to well oversubscribe its US IPO worth up to $1.16bn, according to a source familiar with the matter.
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Innovent Biologics and Man Wah Holdings raised a combined HK$7.1bn ($916.3m) in fresh equity on Thursday night.
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The dollar corporate bond market has a more subdued feel this week, after its stellar start to the year, as US issuers are moving into earnings blackouts. But even as politics took centre stage as Congress moved to impeach President Donald Trump for the second time, ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20, corporate borrowers quietly churned out deals.
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A book of more than €55bn for a €10bn bond priced with a new issue premium of 1bp would be a gratifying outcome for any sovereign issuer. But Wednesday's syndication for Spain instead attracted robust criticism over price moves during bookbuilding which derailed what was on course to be the biggest order book in bond market history.
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Tight valuations in euros are making it difficult for banks to impress investors with new senior trades. Issuers may have to pay up or switch focus to other asset classes to make the most of the January market.
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