Citi
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Two corporate issuers are meeting investors for euro denominated bonds this week as the corporate funding season gathers pace.
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State-owned Punjab National Bank has appointed three firms to lead the IPO of its life insurance arm in India later this year, according to sources close to the deal.
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BOC Aviation, Metallurgical Corporation of China (MCC) and Bumi Serpong Damai were the first out of the gates on Monday morning with their new bond deals, as the Asian debt market prepares for an onslaught of supply.
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Ping An Healthcare and Technology has kicked off a highly-anticipated HK$8.8bn ($1.1bn) IPO, set to be one of Hong Kong’s biggest from the new economy sector this year.
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UK pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline has closed syndication on $13bn-equivalent of bridge loans to finance its purchase of Novartis’s stake in the two firms' consumer healthcare joint venture.
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Philippine National Bank, a rare credit in the offshore bond market, raised $300m from a new transaction on Thursday. But despite the novelty value of its deal, investors still demanded a new issue premium.
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Analysts saw early signs of MiFID-driven consolidation when US banks published their first quarter results that included strong equity trading performances across the board.
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A pair of supranationals helped bolster Hong Kong’s green bond ambitions with some SRI deals this week.
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EPIF Infrastructure, has released initial price guidance for a six year fixed rate euro benchmark.
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Chinese investment banking giant CICC returned to the dollar bond market this week, raising $600m from its first deal in almost two years.
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Indonesian issuers continued to keep the market focused on new equity fundraisings, as several IPOs launched this week.