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Italy mandated banks on Monday to lead a syndicated dollar dual tranche comprising new three and 30 year bonds as the sovereign continues to build out a curve in the currency following its return to the dollar market in 2019. -
Philippines-based Monde Nissin has won regulatory approval to launch its IPO next month.
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Credit Suisse had a great first quarter, if you ignore one or two little hiccups. The firm enjoyed a big uptick in investment banking revenues but senior management is fighting fires lit by the double disasters of Greensill Capital and Archegos Capital.
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Bank of America sold a floating rate note over the Bloomberg short-term bank yield index rather than Sofr this week, as Morgan Stanley added to the post earnings rush in dollars.
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Malaysian oil company Petroliam Nasional (Petronas) raised $3bn from a dual tranche bond, just a day after the country’s sovereign made its dollar return.
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BOC Aviation has sold a $750m bond through its US subsidiary, pricing its third dollar outing of the year at wider levels than some fair value estimates from analysts.
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Corporate bond issues came at a healthy clip in the US market this week, despite earnings blackouts, as investors showed a preference for highly rated paper.
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Europe’s corporate bond market hosted a debut sustainability-linked bond and two multi-part trades this week, despite overall issuance winding down as earnings season gets under way.
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Iberdrola, the Spanish utility, has signed a €2.5bn sustainability-linked loan, becoming the first Spanish company to use risk-free rates as a benchmark instead of Libor.
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Airtel Africa, the UK telecommunication company providing services across Africa, has raised $500m from a range of international lenders. It becomes one of the latest Africa-based issuers to inject activity into the syndicated loan market.
