Crédit Agricole
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Basque telecoms firm Euskaltel gained access to a third market in northern Spain after the acquisition of Telecable from Zegona Communications, which it is funding with loans and equity. -
South Korea’s KT Corp grabbed $400m from its bullet bond on Monday through a smooth transaction in an otherwise quiet day for primary issuance.
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Asian Development Bank has picked banks for a dual tranche green bond, revisiting an area of the dollar curve for the first time since January.
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Infrastructure investment firm I Squared Capital has clinched the bid for fixed line asset business Hutchison Global Communications (HGC), giving the three banks that lined up the financing reason to celebrate.
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KT Corp, formerly known as Korea Telecom, began marketing a new dollar deal on Monday morning local time, returning to the debt market a year after its last issuance.
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The race for the fixed line assets of Hutchison Telecommunications is nearing the finish line, with details emerging on the financing to support a bid by US private equity firm I Squared Capital. The firm is competing against a joint bid from MBK Partners and TPG Capital, which can already boast one clear win in the sector. Shruti Chaturvedi reports.
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The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has extended its newly minted social bond programme into the private placement market. MTN bankers believe the social format could prove more popular in the private market than green bonds.
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Permira is selling its 33% stake in Cortefiel, the Spanish retailer, to the group's other two owners, CVC and PAI Partners. The deal includes a debt restructuring and ends rumours of an IPO.
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US cleaning products maker Diversey has accelerated commitments on its €1.6bn-equivalent of loans, backing Bain Capital’s $3.2bn carve-out of the business from Sealed Air, despite one investor in London expressing concern over the deal’s leverage.
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Castle Peak Power Company added to Asia's growing green bond supply this week, raising $500m from its debut in the international debt market.
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Eurofins Scientific and Thermo Fisher Scientific both held investor update calls on Monday, and both announced deals on Tuesday. The science double bill proved no horror story though, with investors clamouring for unrated Eurofins, even as the four tranche Thermo Fisher deal took more of the limelight.
