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Enagás, the Spanish gas transmission and network manager, tapped the European corporate bond market’s taste for 12 year risk on Tuesday with a €750m transaction that was over four times oversubscribed.
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Investors gorged themselves on McDonald’s bonds on Tuesday, as the US hamburger restaurant chain issued €2.5bn of bonds in three tranches, which were nearly six times oversubscribed.
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Kuoni, the Swiss travel company, will hold bank meetings on Thursday for debt backing its buyout by private equity firm EQT, following a near three month gestation period.
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The UK’s Debt Management Office sold a £4.75bn tap of its July 2065s on Tuesday as the impending referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union showed no impact on demand.
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Bank Muscat printed its $500m five year bond from a $1.4bn book on Monday, offering a new issue premium of around 10bp-15bp for the deal, according to the lead managers.
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Citi launched a five year Kangaroo bond on Tuesday, tapping into a recent bid from Asian investors itching for yield.
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Liberty Mutual Group was having a second stab at its first ever benchmark issuance of euro senior unsecured bonds on Tuesday, having conducted a roadshow in 2015 for a print that did not materialise.
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South Korea’s Kakao Corp has broken a drought in Asia’s equity-linked market by printing a W230bn ($199.9m) exchangeable bond on Monday, with the deal denominated in won but settled in dollars.
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China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (Sinopec) fetched $3bn from a multi-tranche dollar deal on Monday that saw a 30 note added mid-way due to reverse enquiry. But unlike its last outing, the oil and gas giant kept the size relatively small in favour of tight pricing.
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Alibaba Group Holdings has wound up its latest five year bullet at an increased size of $4bn after attracting robust demand during general syndication.
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Rare issuer ABB returned to the European corporate bond market with panache on Monday, as it issued a benchmark seven year transaction, its first in four years, achieving a negative new issue premium.
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The corporate bond market hosted its second zero coupon deal of the year on Monday, courtesy of Unilever, as the UK-Dutch consumer goods company printed €1.5bn across three tranches of bonds.