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Arrangers of the £9bn loan to back Alliance Boots’ leveraged buyout are having a tough time syndicating the deal. Like banks bookbuilding a bond, they are moving the price to chase demand — will the technique catch on in the loan market?
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The failure of Metronet’s concession to upgrade part of London’s Tube network shows the sceptics were right: public-private partnerships transfer only limited risk to the private sector.
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European corporate bond issuance has fallen quiet, as issuers prefer to sit out volatile markets rather than pay a premium. They may soon wish they hadn’t been so fussy.
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Rosneft refused to issue its $2bn-$3bn bond last week because it could not price flat to Gazprom. This arrogant and unrealistic approach to the market smacks of hubris.
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By winning a mandate to lead Vietnam’s second global bond, Barclays Capital is punching above its weight in a frontier emerging market.
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While the credit market has sunk equities are buoyant. Which one is right? We won’t know until their battle over leverage and how it should be priced is won.