Deutsche Bank
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Two mandates hit screens on Monday for supranational euro benchmarks. The Asian Development Bank (ADB), encouraged by a favourable basis swap, is set to make a rare appearance in the currency, coming to market alongside the European Stability Mechanism (ESM). -
Two A-rated corporates went head to head in the euro corporate bond market on Monday as UK pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline and US electrical systems manufacturer United Technologies Corp both launched triple-tranche deals, with two matching maturities, which totalled €4.5bn.
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Texan chemicals group Kraton opened up the European high yield deal pipeline this week with a debut deal that will help refinance a dollar bond. The firm is also topping up a US loan as it looks to cut its borrowing costs.
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Polyphor, the Swiss pharmaceutical company, is increasing the size of its IPO by Sfr15m due to “strong demand” from institutional investors.
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Taiwan-based M17 Entertainment, a web streaming platform, has filed for a $115m IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.
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China’s Hefei Guoxuan High-Tech Power Energy has tapped the offshore loan market for the first time, unveiling a $300m loan.
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Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, the State Development Bank of the Republic of Poland, is marketing a dual tranche euro bond.
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China Minmetals Corp subsidiary Minmetals Land scared off many investors on Thursday by opting for a perpetual bond. But the unrated issuer still managed to put together a $200m trade, thanks to its parent company’s government ownership.
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The Bank of England avoided bringing any surprises before the UK Debt Management Office sells its first syndication of the 2018-19 financial year next week as it kept its base rate on hold on Thursday. But some analysts are warning that investors may be overconfident of a hike later this year.
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Rating: Baa2/BBB/BBB (Moody’s, S&P, Fitch)
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A supranational dollar deal ran away with April’s top spot in BondMarker, outstripping the rest of the table by a good margin and clocking in as the third most highly rated deal of the year.
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On Wednesday, US car manufacturer Ford’s finance arm followed its recent trend in using the euro corporate market to fund itself in floating rate note format. It kept its tenors short with a pair of FRNs, but found investors had a preference for the shorter option.
