Currencies
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US beauty retailer Coty announced pricing at the wide end of guidance for its $2.45bn-equivalent of new leveraged loans on Thursday, while reaching the end of the roadshow for $2bn-equivalent of new high yield bonds. -
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Volatility from several sources has driven investors into core govvie products, causing curves to rally. Only one issuer was positioned to reap the benefits.
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France’s inflation linked bond issue on Wednesday drew the nation's largest book ever for a linker bond, in spite of a curve squeezed tight by volatility.
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BoCom International, the Hong Kong unit of China’s Bank of Communications, has launched a new HK$4bn ($509m) loan into general syndication, just weeks after its Macau unit opened a $500m club-style deal.
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France announced on Tuesday that it will come to market for an 18 year inflation linked benchmark, making the most of a pre-Easter lull in issuance.
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The supply overhang from last week still appears to be casting a shadow on both primary and secondary IG corporate bond markets. The handful of deals that launched on Monday were priced, but not with widespread success. Easter can’t come soon enough for most market participants.
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There was a time when Asia’s dollar bond market was just a sideshow to the global market, offering little in the way of excitement, sophistication or innovation. How times change, as Rashmi Kumar finds out.
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Asian investors’ rise to dominance has caused a repricing across the region’s capital markets, and raised questions about just where US and European deals should price. How much further can regional liquidity rise in importance? GlobalCapital Asia finds out.
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Asia’s local currency bond markets, which received a big fillip following the region’s financial crisis in 1997, have come a long way as economies work towards insulating themselves from global volatility. But although the region’s economies are now in better shape, there is no room for complacency, writes Rashmi Kumar.
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A lot has changed for capital markets bankers in Asia over the last 30 years — and not just their favourite bars. GlobalCapital Asia asks veteran bankers to wander down memory lane and pick their best, and worst, moments.
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The Asian financial crisis forced countries in the region to become more resilient. The global financial crisis proved they had done just that. But what shape will the next crisis take — and how are Asian economies equipped to deal with it? Matthew Thomas finds out.
