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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. -
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.
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German chemicals supplier Lanxess found a surprising lack of demand for its first bond issue since September 2016, which sent bankers scrambling to re-examine their plans for next week's burgeoning corporate pipeline. Lanxess's struggle comes as new issue premiums and how far deals tighten through the bookbuild are being increasingly scrutinised as the market begins to imagine life in the European corporate bond market without the safety net of quantitative easing. Nigel Owen reports.
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A long-awaited civil settlement with the US Department of Justice this week could prove to be a boon for Royal Bank of Scotland, which has had the risk of heavy fines looming over it for some time.
