Citi
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Pilot fishing has begun for what could be one of the highest profile IPOs of 2015 – that of Poste Italiane, the Italian postal service.
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The UK Debt Management Office has announced which banks will be on its next bond syndication, a conventional Gilt with a maturity of at least 40 years, scheduled for the second half of July.
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After a week’s hesitation, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has gone ahead with its IPO, in a sign of confidence in the market – despite the ever uglier masses of cloud building over Greece and China. If it is completed, the deal will raise over €1bn, and be almost certainly the largest IPO left in the European market before the August lull.
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Citi has shaken up its UK management as it tries to address underperformance in Europe’s biggest investment banking market, writes David Rothnie.
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A W240.4bn ($212m) accelerated bookbuild in Korean Air Lines collapsed on July 8 after investors baulked at buying shares as the worst rout in China’s domestic stock market in years spilled over into the rest of Asia.
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A pair of public sector borrowers were able to place larger than planned dollar benchmarks on Thursday.
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South Africa firm Naspers surprised some debt bankers by positioning itself to pounce on a calm market, if such a market appears. The company is taking a dollar bond on a roadshow, which would be the first test of EM new issue premiums in almost a month.
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South Africa firm Naspers surprised some debt bankers by positioning itself to pounce on a calm market, if such a market appears. The company is roadshowing a dollar bond, which would be the first test of EM new issue premiums in almost a month.
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Innocean Worldwide raised W340bn ($302m) from its South Korean IPO by pricing the deal just above the middle of guidance despite turbulent times for markets.
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Two Italian companies have announced plans for debt buybacks, with Finmeccanica and Telecom Italia both expected to complete tender offers next week.
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Bank St Petersburg (BSP) was one of two Russian borrowers to complete a tender offer this week, and debt bankers expect the Russian asset liability management sector to stay busy in the coming months.