Crédit Agricole
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Public sector issuers are taking advantage of strong summer conditions in the dollar market to bring green and arbitrage-style deals, with more issuance expected next week. -
Canara Bank is offering investors starved of paper from India’s FIG sector something to feast on, marketing a senior five year bond on Thursday.
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The Asian Development Bank has picked up $1.25bn of green funding across two tranches, including its first 10 year dollar paper since January.
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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.
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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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