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State-controlled company is seeking further financing after surge in jet fuel prices
Largest of three IPOs in Turkey struggles to get covered, smaller ones multiple times oversubscribed
Omani oil company has pushed out maturity by a year
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Asian bonds showed some signs of life mid-week after markets collapsed on Monday. But that reprieve proved to be extremely short-lived, as another round of panic selling on Thursday left issuers with little choice but to put their deals on hold. Morgan Davis and Addison Gong report. -
Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group’s $10.6bn purchase of Tesco’s Asia business has been hailed as a “landmark” deal that will liven up the region’s loan market. Bankers are now openly debating how they can get in on a financing that will tap both international and domestic liquidity. Pan Yue reports.
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HSBC has appointed Mark Wang as president and chief executive for China in the latest high-level reshuffle at the bank.
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These are troubling times. Covid-19 case numbers are jumping every day, more countries are being added to travel ban lists, and the virus outbreak is now officially a pandemic. But some bankers are still finding the positives in all the chaos.
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NMC Health, the scandal-hit UAE-based hospitals operator, has $2.7bn in undisclosed debt, taking its total gross debt to around $5bn, and an investigation into its finances has found evidence of serious fraud.
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President Lenin Moreno’s announcement of austerity measures that could raise $2.25bn, as well as the possibility of cheaper bank loans, was not enough to stop Ecuador’s bonds plunging towards the 40 mark as oil prices fell further on Wednesday. But the sovereign is expected to make a $350m coupon payment on March 24 and some are seeing signs of encouragement in the government’s reaction.
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