Deutsche Bank
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A global equity sell-off mid-week caused some jitters among bankers covering a live Kommunalbanken dollar deal on Wednesday, but the nervousness proved unfounded as the trade came through to acclaim. The deal was typical in a week where SSAs priced tight and with big books despite choppy wider markets. -
Conagra Brands became the biggest high-grade casualty of market volatility when it pulled a multi-billion M&A financing on Thursday.
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Agence Française de Développement got over the line with a 16 year euro benchmark on Thursday, but was unable to tighten the spread from guidance and paid a new issue premium of around 5bp.
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Kommunalbanken showed “the resilience of the dollar SSA market” as it printed a $1.5bn October 2021 Reg S/144A benchmark around its secondary level amid global market volatility on Thursday, said SSA bankers away from the deal.
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Dafa Properties Group raised HK$840m ($107.2m) when it priced a Hong Kong IPO a few cents above the middle of the marketed range this week.
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China’s Niu Technologies has launched bookbuilding for a $103.8m Nasdaq IPO, but despite plenty of pre-deal interest, sources said they did not expect the trade to be a blowout.
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LeasePlan, the Dutch car leasing company, abruptly pulled its planned €1bn-plus IPO on Thursday as global equity markets plunged into a sea of red.
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With its latest dollar bond, China's Ministry of Finance may have demonstrated the sovereign’s market access and its credit strength even in a hostile trade environment, but a potential repricing of the China state-owned enterprises (SOEs) curve still seems unlikely, writes Addison Gong.
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Agence Française de Développement mandated banks on Wednesday for a 15 year euro benchmark amid rising investor appetite in that part of the curve.
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SSAs are enjoying strong conditions in dollars, with KfW and the Province of Ontario finding plentiful demand on Wednesday despite bringing deals that on-looking bankers said were “pretty much” in line with secondaries. Kommunalbanken will price a dollar benchmark on Thursday that leads said was following a similar pattern.
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American data centre owner Digital Realty extended its sterling corporate bond curve on Wednesday. The issuer’s fourth deal in sterling showed no sign of investor fatigue.
