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A double digit premium to the dollar curve lured in overseas buyers, who took a 'large chunk' of the bonds
Investors have lots of cash and are eager for new issuance
Investors are keen for new bonds and better rated borrowers may not want to issue in numbers
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Helen Wong, former chief executive of Greater China at HSBC, is joining OCBC Bank as deputy president and head of global wholesale banking. -
The US-Iran crisis has made for a slow start to CEEMEA bond issuance, though confidence is growing among issuers after Iran executed a revenge strike on Tuesday that some in the bond and loan markets have seen as a way out of escalating tensions any further. Blow out bonds from Mexico and Slovenia have also helped confidence and investors seem keen to buy after a decent end to 2019.
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The State of Israel released initial price guidance on Wednesday for its dual tranche dollar 10 year and 30 year bonds as market participants hailed Tuesday’s Iranian strikes on Iraq airbases hosting US troops — and US President Donald Trump’s response — as a de-escalation of tensions between the two nations.
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Two major insiders offloaded £375m of stock in NMC Health, the troubled UAE-based private healthcare company to cover debts on Tuesday. The share sale, which was priced at a 19.7% discount to close, came weeks after a short selling attack on NMC Health by US activist hedge fund Muddy Waters, which caused the company to lose more than half of its market value.
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Equity investors were hopeful that the tension between the US and Iran will lessen after the latter responded to the former's assassination of its military commander Qasem Soleimani with a limited tactical strike against US bases in the Middle East.
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Esaf Small Finance Bank has set the ball rolling for a Rp9.76bn ($135.6m) IPO, which will include fresh equity and a sale of existing stock.
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