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Avedon Capital Partners, Bain Capital, Black Diamond and Cinven have launched the first post-IPO selldown of shares in JOST Werke, the German maker of axles and chassis for lorries and trailers which listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in July 2017. -
While Tuesday brought a flurry of euro benchmarks, the pace of issuance will slacken on Wednesday as the market battens down for a busy week of US data announcements.
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A trio of Europe’s less frequent public sector borrowers are set to hit screens for euro transactions on Tuesday, following a long end benchmark from a French agency on January 26.
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Qatar National Bank is expected to sign its $3bn loan refinancing in the first week of February, according to a source close to the deal.
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While European Central Bank president Mario Draghi kept firmly to his course of accommodative monetary policy at Thursday’s press conference, the euro strengthened further against the dollar, dragging Bund yields up with it. Lewis McLellan reports.
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Italian tyre company Pirelli returned to the bond market on Monday for the first time since its IPO. With no other investment grade deals in the market, the new five year transaction enjoyed strong investor demand and 40bp of tightening from initial price thoughts.
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French video game publisher Ubisoft Entertainment sold its first corporate bond on Thursday following a roadshow earlier in the week. The meetings in Paris, London and Germany helped the publisher of games including Assassin’s Creed and Just Dance build a whole new following.
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The European Financial Stability Facility has raised €4.5bn with a dual tranche transaction, likely rounding off the week’s euro issuance ahead of the European Central Bank governing council’s press conference on Thursday.
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The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) has announced a dual tranche for its second trip to market for the year. The trade will come on the heels of a €1.4bn Agence Française de Développement (AFD) 10 year, which managed to cut 4bp from its spread between guidance and launch.
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On Monday, Italian tyre company Pirelli returned to the bond market for the first time since its IPO. With no other investment grade deals in the market, the new five year transaction saw strong investor demand and 40bp of tightening from initial price thoughts.
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Crédit Agricole issued Swiss franc senior preferred bonds due November 2023 on Wednesday, pricing the transaction inside the bank's Swiss senior secondary curves.
