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Carton manufacturer SIG Combibloc is preparing to refinance its capital structure with a dual-tranche three and five year bond, moving to an unsecured debt package as it targets an eventual investment grade rating. -
Virgin Media is in the market with its third high yield deal in a week, which will clear the way for its merger with O2 by redeeming existing bonds with obstructive covenants in place preventing the telecoms group from reorganising its capital structure. That means a big payday for bondholders in the notes due 2022, who will be paid the make-whole premium for early redemption.
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Hong Kong-listed oil company Hilong Holding pushed back the exchange deadline for its 2020 bonds again on Monday, leaving the issuer with a short window to get the deal wrapped up before the notes mature on June 22.
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A number of new dollar bonds were announced in Asia on Monday, with issuers buoyed by the strong investor support last week in both the primary and secondary markets.
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Three European companies, one of them a high yield issuer, jumped into the corporate bond market on Friday, the first to test the waters after the European Central Bank's promise the previous day to top them up with another €600bn of liquidity through its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (Pepp). They found overwhelming demand, leading to fast sales, an increase and deeply negative new issue premiums.
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Each week, GlobalCapital journalists share some of the most interesting things they have been reading, from the profound to the quirky. This week has been marked by widespread protests across the US and the wider world, in reaction to an unarmed African-American man, George Floyd, dying while a policeman knelt on his neck in Minneapolis.
