Citi
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Former JP Morgan banker Andrew Truscott has been appointed as co-head of UK investment banking at Citi. -
Ingredients group Tate & Lyle has priced a $200m US private placement, in order to refinance a sterling bond set to expire in November.
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Luxury sports car company Ferrari has sold €300m of US private placement notes, according to an SEC filing on Friday. Its debut offering is one of only a handful of transactions from the auto sector to reach the market.
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Corporate borrowing activity is expected to be sustained throughout the second half of the year as borrowers "take advantage" of the liquidity in the loan market. The expectation comes in the aftermath of two large dividend recapitalisation transactions by Polish corporates, Allegro and Żabka, in the second quarter.
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China Lesso Group Holding has launched a $900m four year borrowing into general syndication.
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China Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec) navigated a weak market following this week’s rate cut announcement to raise $2bn from a three-tranche deal. While it took a smaller amount than usual, its transaction was well-timed, say bankers.
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Investors happily agreed to buy new senior secured debt from a Petrobras service provider at a healthy pick-up to the oil giant’s curve on Thursday, but a cancelled deal from Argentina suggested idyllic conditions for Lat Am issuers were slightly fading.
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The World Bank has printed the longest ever bond with a coupon linked to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (Sofr), edging the market towards settling the debate about how to calculate coupons based on the benchmark rate.
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Renaissance Capital has hired Funeka Beja-Maseko as a retail analyst at director level, and Andrew Nkumbula as a vice-president for investment banking. Both are based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Hungarian gas and oil company MOL has extended part of an existing €555m revolving credit facility by one year, in what is one of the few sparks of activity in the country's syndicated loan market so far this year.
