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Lebanon has priced a triple-tranche Eurobond, which includes its longest ever dollar deal.
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Beijing Environment Sanitation Engineering Group (BESG) wasted little time with its inaugural international bond, wrapping up a euro-denominated deal before European investors were even able to get a look at it. -
Swiss insurer Ace Group printed the US market's biggest insurance deal of the year with a $5.3bn four trancher to help finance its $28.3bn acquisition of Chubb.
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The belly of the curve was the place to be this week for public sector borrowers in euros — but any other benchmarks before the end of the year are likely to be further out the maturity curve.
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Credit Suisse has added two teams of 11 banks to the underwriting syndicate for its Sfr4.7bn rights issue, after announcing Citigroup, HSBC and Société Générale as the lead underwriters last week.
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Beijing-based boutique investment bank, China Renaissance, has launched a new division to advise companies looking to raise funds in China’s onshore capital markets, expanding the firm’s services to include both its home and overseas markets.
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Polska Grupa Energetyczna, the Polish state-owned power company, has signed Z2bn (€467m) of loans with the European Investment Bank, following a Z5.5bn(€1.3bn) syndicated loan.
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Sri Lanka had to pay up to get its second dollar bond of the year across the line this week, but the money left on the table was more than worth it as the sovereign ended up raising $1.5bn, a record for the country.
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China Huarong Asset Management pulled off a HK$17.83bn ($2.30bn) IPO on October 22, pricing one of Hong Kong’s largest listings this year just a few cents off the bottom of the initial range. But the price tag ignited debate about whether the issuer was pushing its luck.
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Xinyi Solar raised a smaller-than-expected HK$543.5m ($70.1m) from a top-up placement on October 26, shrinking the deal by about 45%. Despite the transaction being slashed, sources were adamant the company found a good window to raise equity.
