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BOC Aviation took advantage of upbeat market conditions to raise $500m from a quick drive-by transaction. -
Dollar SSA issuance picked up in earnest this week after a slower than usual start to the year, with a rich variety of borrowers printing deals, some in record size or with record books. Conditions are such that SSA bankers are confident supply will keep coming and demand stay high for the next few weeks — cheering news for one sovereign issuer looking to make a comeback in the currency.
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The new-look Fox Corp made its dollar bond debut this week as the technical backdrop in the investment grade continued to improve with tightening spreads and thinner new issue concessions.
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Citi said it had appointed David Livingstone, the bank’s chief country officer for Australia and New Zealand, as chief executive of EMEA, succeeding Jim Cowles.
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Turkey’s export-import bank (Turk Eximbank) raised $500m with a five year bond on Wednesday, becoming the first Turkish borrower, apart from the sovereign itself, to access the market since the lira crisis. The deal benefitted from a relief rally following a Turkish central bank meeting on Wednesday.
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The Province of Ontario will this Friday be the fourth SSA from Canada to visit a very strong dollar market this week, after CPPIB Capital printed on Monday, Alberta on Tuesday and the sovereign made a rare visit on Thursday. Dexia Crédit Local also printed in the currency on Thursday and SSA bankers are confident of more supply next week.
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Technology M&A will continue to power corporate finance activity in 2019 but, as deals increasingly cross sectors, banks are having to re-tool their coverage and break up internal silos, writes David Rothnie.
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Turkey’s export import bank raised $500m on Wednesday, returning to the bond market for the first time since the Turkish currency crisis in 2018, benefiting from a relief rally following the Turkish central bank meeting on Wednesday.
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Hong Kong-listed Lenovo Group has given Asia its first real taste of equity-linked issuance for the year. The firm raked in $675m from its debut convertible bond (CB) after a flood of investors turned out for the deal, and as bankers gear up for more issuance. Jonathan Breen reports.
