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The Gulf region is on for a record first five months of the year with Qatar, Noor Bank, Etihad, DP World all mandating for bonds this week, while Petrobras printed an eye catching $6.75bn deal. -
Ooredoo, one of the largest telecommunications firms in the Middle East and Africa, is refinancing a $1bn three year revolving credit facility, according to two bankers.
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Ceské dráhy, the 100% state-owned Czech national railway operator, launched its €400m seven year bond on Wednesday after tightening price guidance twice.
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International bond issuance from South Korea looks set to resume with Export-Import Bank of Korea back in the market for its third dollar fundraising of the year.
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DP World, one of the world’s largest port operators, has mandated nine banks for a dollar sukuk and is looking to price the deal next week.
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Citi and Société Générale met with healthy receptions for their respective senior unsecured transactions on Tuesday, as issuers piled into the market following the close of the first quarter earnings period.
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India’s Laurus Labs is planning a Rp10bn ($149.2m) IPO this year and has picked three banks to lead the deal, according to a source close to the transaction.
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Maisons du Monde, the French furniture retailer, launched its IPO bookbuild on Monday, with UK, Dutch and South African companies as the main comparable stocks. On Thursday, the leads said the deal was covered.
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The IPO of Philips Lighting, though smaller than some bankers had expected, has got off to a good start, achieving coverage on Tuesday night, after the bookbuild began on Monday.
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Two US private equity firms have raised a $350m-equivalent loan for Network International’s buyout of Emerging Markets Payments Holdings (EMP) and tightened the pricing in syndication.
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A money laundering scandal at one of Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen’s concessionaires ended up costing the Panama City airport operator just 25bp and $50m in size after it wrapped up the deal for the second time in a week on Friday.
