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• Double-A rated Japanese pair could be set to go head to head

  Japanese issuers are not frequently seen in the European corporate bond markets, but this week could have two companies going head to head with benchmark euro transactions. Japan Tobacco will sell its first new issues in Europe, while Toyota is better known to investors on the continent.

  • 18 Sep 2018

• LafargeHolcim launches chunky dual-currency Schuldschein

  LafargeHolcim has returned to the Schuldschein market looking for an initial size equivalent to €300m, across dollar and euro tranches.

  • 17 Sep 2018

• Storied German manufacturer Knorr-Bremse prepares listing

  Knorr-Bremse, the historic German manufacturer of brake systems for trucks and trains, has kicked off one of the largest German IPOs of the year, having filed an intention to float document on Monday morning.

  • 17 Sep 2018

• Standardised Schuldschein docs will inspire ‘evolution, not revolution’

  GlobalCapital understands that next month the Loan Market Association (LMA) will publish a set of standardised documentation for issuance in the Schuldschein market. Market players see this as a step in the right direction, as opposed to a leap.

  • 17 Sep 2018

• No fear for Vier Gas with 10 year

  Germany’s largest gas transmission system operator Vier Gas wasted no time in launching the €500m 10 year corporate bond deal it had marketed to investors the previous week. The demand it received justified that move.

  • 17 Sep 2018