Credit Suisse
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B&B Hotels, France’s third largest budget hotels group, held bank meetings on Tuesday backing its €800m buyout by PAI Partners from the Carlyle Group and Montefiore Investment. -
Heathrow, London’s largest airport, printed its second Swiss franc bond on Monday, surprising bankers away from the deal with its timing.
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The carnage afflicting worldwide financial markets played into a trio of issuers’ hands this week, with each one able to attract strong demand from investors seeking safety in uncertain times.
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Veritas Technologies, the US software firm that Carlyle Group is buying from Symantec, will aim to complete a revised $7.4bn sale next week after failing to secure financing in November.
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India's Quick Heal Technologies wrapped up investor meetings for its $70m-$80m IPO last week and plans to open books in mid-February, according to sources.
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A lender has invoked an export performance bank guarantee (EPBG) that backed a $475m borrowing for India’s Alok Industries, leading to a repayment of the amount to all the banks that participated in the deal.
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten (BNG) is the first SSA borrower this week to brave the dollar bond market as tricky conditions in other markets make life tough for issuers.
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IDBI Bank’s top management are doing the rounds with investors as they try to drum up interest for a Rp38bn ($561.3m) qualified institutional placement.
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Hong Kong’s Hsin Chong Construction Group managed to get a difficult $150m bond away this week, braving volatile markets with a two-day execution and private bank backing.
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La Financière Atalian on Tuesday sold the first European high yield issue of the year, but the market has yet to display a convincing pipeline, in the eyes of bankers and investors.
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Macquarie Bank printed an eight year Swiss franc bond this week, mimicking an earlier effort from compatriot National Australia Bank.
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Compagnie Générale de Géophysique, the French geological surveying company, has launched a three-for-one rights issue to raise €350m, as it struggles with its debt burden and oil companies cutting back on exploration.
