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The US high grade bond market remained open for business through the market sell-off this week, underlining its resilience.
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The euro SSA market reacted with commendable calmness to the Dow Jones’s worst day in six years on Monday but moves in the secondary market on Thursday showed that “vol isn’t dead”, according to one head of SSA DCM.
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Despite heavy volatility in the equity markets, in fixed income, public sector bond issuers had an excellent week. A cool €10bn hit the market in tenors from five to 15 years and from all parts of the spectrum within the asset class. Lewis McLellan reports.
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After being sidelined by volatility in the equity market this week, Greece made it to market on Thursday with a €3bn seven year.
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Israel Electric (IEC) shrugged off any concerns of contagion from the equity market rout earlier this week to print $1bn with no new issue premium on Wednesday.
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South Korea’s Daegu Bank pulled off a bold $300m bond on Wednesday, choosing to price a deal with a generous new issue premium rather than delay the sale any further.
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Aster DM Healthcare is finally set to launch its Rp9.8bn ($152.7m) IPO, having once again scaled back the deal size and changed the syndicate.
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A group of employees from Vincom Retail have raised Dong 4.51tr ($197.5m) after they sold a block of the company’s shares, upsizing the offer on the back of strong institutional demand.
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GlobalCapital revealed the winners of its 2017 Loan Awards at its annual Loans and Leveraged Finance Awards Dinner at Gibson Hall in London on February 7. The full results are below: GlobalCapital congratulates all the winners and nominees.
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Qatar National Bank has signed a $3.5bn loan with 21 international banks, showing that banks' jitters about supporting Qatari entities in the wake of the dispute between the sultanate and six other Arab states have partly been assuaged.