Citi
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Two new borrowers launched deals in the European high yield market on Monday, PVH and Salini Impregilo. Both are double-B rated, like most of last week’s deals.
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Thailand's PTT Exploration & Production (PTTEP) is sounding out holders of its existing 2018s for a cash buyback offer.
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Hotel Lotte Co has axed plans for a listing that could have raised W5.3tr ($4.5bn) after a raid by investigators on the offices of its parent proved one setback too many for the issuer.
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The Argentine province of Salta will meet bond investors this week as it looks to become the latest in a line of sub-sovereigns from the country to offer international bonds.
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Indonesian state-owned oil company Pertamina is understood to have lined up seven banks for a $1.5bn five year fundraising.
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Investors’ thirst for stock in Dassault Aviation, the maker of Mirage and Rafale fighter jets, was evident last March when Airbus sold €1.76bn of it in a block trade. It was clear again on Thursday night when Airbus launched a two-pronged monetisation of its entire remaining 23.6% stake.
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The IPO of ASR Nederland, the second biggest this year in Europe after that of Dong Energy, reached a successful conclusion one day later than Dong’s, when the stock rose 2.6% on its first day of trading on Friday.
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Frasers Centrepoint has priced its Singapore real estate investment trust IPO at the top of guidance, bagging S$903m ($666.5m) after investors came out in force at the top of the range.
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Investigators raided the offices of Lotte Group early Friday morning, one week after they did the same to its subsidiary Hotel Lotte Co, which is in the midst of trying to launch an IPO.
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Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp pared down some of its stake in Korean steelmaker Posco via an overnight offering on Wednesday, netting W164.17bn ($139.68m) from the hedge fund-heavy trade.
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China State Construction Engineering Corporation sealed a dual-tranche offering split between a three year and five year this week, coming to the market in a week that hosted other deals from Chinese state-backed companies. But thanks to its link to the central government, the issuer managed to raise $1bn effortlessly.
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Dong Energy’s IPO, the biggest in Europe so far this year, achieved a strong result, both in its bookbuild, which raised Dkr17.1bn ($2.6bn), and on its first day of trading on Thursday, when the shares jumped 10%.