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◆ Gulf private placements bite back ◆ Bond new issue premiums rise ◆ CLOs catch a break
Business has sagged in the third quarter, but the pipeline is busy, despite an intractable war
Private bonds are now being offered in the open market wider than where public deals trade

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  • CPI Ronghe Financial Leasing, a subsidiary of Chinese state-owned State Power Investment Corp, has returned to the loan market for $150m.
  • Chinese car manufacturer Great Wall Motors has increased the size of its loan to $700m-equivalent.
  • The Republic of Korea has picked banks to arrange meetings to promote a pair of international bonds, including one in euros, which would be the country’s first in the currency for six years.
  • The Commercial Bank of Qatar has mandated banks for a dollar-denominated benchmark bond — the latest in a string of Qatari banks to enter international debt markets in recent months.
  • Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), which holds almost $400bn of assets under management, has played a critical role in maintaining financial stability during the coronavirus pandemic. Alireza Zaimi, head of corporate finance at the PIF, tells GlobalCapital how the fund weathered a commodity shock of unprecedented proportions, how the crisis has shaped its investment choices, and how its funding strategy has held up.
  • CNCB (Hong Kong) Investment, a subsidiary of China Citic Group, is planning to repay a $800m loan raised in 2018 after struggling to get consent from lenders for covenant waivers.