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Private equity firms Bain Capital and Cinven are financing their purchase of a further 28.3% stake in Stada Arzneimittel, the German pharmaceutical group, in the euro leveraged finance markets this week, and are having to contend with investors who are in a risk-averse mood. -
Private school operator Cognita was the first borrower in a week to attempt an issue in the euro high yield market with a sub-benchmark size deal. It sought funding for its acquisition by Jacobs Holding, the Swiss investment and charitable firm, but pulled the bond deal after weak demand.
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A number of sub-investment grade rated property developers and local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) used private-style executions for their public transactions this week — an increasingly popular approach among Chinese bond issuers.
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Yanzhou Coal Mining Co pursued a $275m deal on Thursday, altering its initial fundraising goals to score a tightly priced transaction.
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Between sleeping and waking, there is a middle phase: you realise it’s time to get up, but can’t quite bear to admit you need to get out of bed. London’s debt capital markets teams are in that zone. Brexit’s alarm has sounded, but few are eager to haul themselves into the cold air of Frankfurt or Paris.
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After another volatile week, during which primary issuance went from hero to zero and the secondary market tumbled, Asian bond bankers are preparing for what they hope will be a busy last few weeks of the year — possibly until the very last working day of 2018, writes Addison Gong.
